R v Charles

JurisdictionSaskatchewan
CourtCourt of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
Neutral Citation2024 SKCA 8
Citation2024 SKCA 8
Docket NumberCACR3658
Date19 January 2024

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6 practice notes
  • R v. Stevenson
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • April 11, 2024
    ...to reason as though a witness’s ability to provide details necessarily confirms their account as credible (see, for example: R v Charles, 2024 SKCA 8 at paras 42–46). But this does not mean that assigning weight to the detail and cogency of a witness’s testimony when assessing credibility i......
  • R v. Arendt
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • September 13, 2024
    ...v Crevier, 2015 ONCA 619 at para 74, 330 CCC (3d) 306 [Crevier]; R v Sadikov, 2014 ONCA 72 at para 38, 305 CCC (3d) 421; and R v Charles, 2024 SKCA 8 at paras [58] This approach comports with Sopinka J.’s description in Garofoli of the limited role of a reviewing judge (at 1550): The review......
  • R. v. Velasquez
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • February 13, 2025
    ...Ms. Velasquez also refers me to R v Charles, 2024 SKCA 8 [Charles SKCA]. In that case, the reviewing judge held that information provided by three confidential informants was insufficiently compelling because it lacked detail or particularity and was stated in boilerplate language. For exam......
  • R. v. Thompson
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
    • August 13, 2024
    ...to be treated as silos. Weaknesses in one area may be offset by strengths in another: R. v. Debot, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1140; R. v. Charles, 2024 SKCA 8. [39]         Information may also be confirmed and corroborated without necessarily providing evidence......
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  • R v. Stevenson
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • April 11, 2024
    ...to reason as though a witness’s ability to provide details necessarily confirms their account as credible (see, for example: R v Charles, 2024 SKCA 8 at paras 42–46). But this does not mean that assigning weight to the detail and cogency of a witness’s testimony when assessing credibility i......
  • R v. Arendt
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • September 13, 2024
    ...v Crevier, 2015 ONCA 619 at para 74, 330 CCC (3d) 306 [Crevier]; R v Sadikov, 2014 ONCA 72 at para 38, 305 CCC (3d) 421; and R v Charles, 2024 SKCA 8 at paras [58] This approach comports with Sopinka J.’s description in Garofoli of the limited role of a reviewing judge (at 1550): The review......
  • R. v. Velasquez
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • February 13, 2025
    ...Ms. Velasquez also refers me to R v Charles, 2024 SKCA 8 [Charles SKCA]. In that case, the reviewing judge held that information provided by three confidential informants was insufficiently compelling because it lacked detail or particularity and was stated in boilerplate language. For exam......
  • R. v. Rusha
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 24, 2024
    ...categories and are not to be treated as silos. Weaknesses in one area may be offset by strengths in another: Debot (SCC); R. v. Charles, 2024 SKCA 8. Was the Information provided Credible? [31] Counsel for Mr. Rusha argued that the informants were anything but credible given their involveme......
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