R v Chahal, 2018 ABCA 132

JudgeThe Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Fraser,The Honourable Mr. Justice Jack Watson,The Honourable Madam Justice Frederica Schutz
Citation2018 ABCA 132
Date06 April 2018
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Docket Number1601-0344-A
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5 practice notes
  • Rules Relating to the Use of Admissible Evidence
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...22. 35 Ibid. 36 See, e.g., R v Marquard (1993), 25 CR (4th) 1 (SCC). 37 R v W(R) , [1992] 2 SCR 122 at para 23 [ W(R) ]; R v Chahal , 2018 ABCA 132 at paras 52–53. 38 W(R) , above note 37 at 132–34. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 678 show the untrustworthy witness is telling the truth. 39 That indepen......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...367 R v Chafe, 2019 ONCA 113 ................................................................................ 679 R v Chahal, 2018 ABCA 132 ............................................................................... 677 THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 720 R v Chambers, [1990] 2 SCR 1293 .................
  • R v DSC, 2018 ABCA 335
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 11, 2018
    ...12, 2017. [2] The respondent testified at trial and denied the offences. His appeal from conviction was dismissed by this Court at 2018 ABCA 132, 361 CCC (3d) 39. Sentence was imposed on December 13, 2016. The sentencing judge imposed a global sentence of imprisonment for two years, organiz......
  • R v KRR, 2020 ABCA 475
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • December 22, 2020
    ...a judge made rule of evidence, has application to any of the sexual offences listed in s 274 of the Criminal Code: see R v Chahal, 2018 ABCA 132 at paras 52-53, as well as s 246.4 (now s 274 (as amended)), which was proclaimed on January 4, 1983, six months after Vetrovec was released on Ma......
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  • R v DSC, 2018 ABCA 335
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 11, 2018
    ...12, 2017. [2] The respondent testified at trial and denied the offences. His appeal from conviction was dismissed by this Court at 2018 ABCA 132, 361 CCC (3d) 39. Sentence was imposed on December 13, 2016. The sentencing judge imposed a global sentence of imprisonment for two years, organiz......
  • R v Churchill, 2018 ABQB 353
    • Canada
    • Alberta Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 30, 2018
    ...material. I also find that this issue of location is not “an essential element of the offence or crucial to the defence” (see R v Chahal, 2018 ABCA 132; R v P(MB), [1994] 1 SCR 555, 89 CCC (3d) 289 and R v B(G) at paras 37 & 44); trial fairness was not compromised (see Chahal at para 38......
  • R v KRR, 2020 ABCA 475
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • December 22, 2020
    ...a judge made rule of evidence, has application to any of the sexual offences listed in s 274 of the Criminal Code: see R v Chahal, 2018 ABCA 132 at paras 52-53, as well as s 246.4 (now s 274 (as amended)), which was proclaimed on January 4, 1983, six months after Vetrovec was released on Ma......
2 books & journal articles
  • Rules Relating to the Use of Admissible Evidence
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...22. 35 Ibid. 36 See, e.g., R v Marquard (1993), 25 CR (4th) 1 (SCC). 37 R v W(R) , [1992] 2 SCR 122 at para 23 [ W(R) ]; R v Chahal , 2018 ABCA 132 at paras 52–53. 38 W(R) , above note 37 at 132–34. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 678 show the untrustworthy witness is telling the truth. 39 That indepen......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...367 R v Chafe, 2019 ONCA 113 ................................................................................ 679 R v Chahal, 2018 ABCA 132 ............................................................................... 677 THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 720 R v Chambers, [1990] 2 SCR 1293 .................