R. v. Dadollahi-Sarab

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeDoherty, van Rensburg and Thorburn JJ.A.
Neutral Citation2021 ONCA 514
Citation2021 ONCA 514
Docket NumberC64701 & C64827
Date19 July 2021

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4 practice notes
  • R v Gaetan
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • February 21, 2023
    ...of appeal is that there was evidence that supported an acquittal. That is not enough. As Doherty J.A. observed in R. v. Dadollahi-Sarab, 2021 ONCA 514, at para. 45, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 356, “the existence of an evidentiary road leading to an acquittal does no......
  • R v Granados-Arana
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • March 12, 2025
    ...charge as a whole, in the context of the particular case, served its purpose by delivering the necessary message”: R. v. Dadollahi-Sarab, 2021 ONCA 514, at para. 112. See also R. v. Khela, 2009 SCC 4, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 104, at paras. 13-15, 47; R. v. Vassel, 2018 ONCA 721, 365 C.C.C. (3d) 45,......
  • R. v. Grant
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • May 2, 2022
    ...from the exculpatory portions, the best course is to specifically refer the jury to the exculpatory portions. In R. v. Dadollahi-Sarab, 2021, ONCA 514, this court recalled, at paras. 108 to 118, that no mandatory formula applies since the instructions should be tailored to the specific circ......
  • R v Smoke
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 16, 2025
    ...there was some exculpatory evidence adduced at trial, it did not undermine the reasonableness of the verdict. In R. v. Dadollahi-Sarab, 2021 ONCA 514, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 356, Doherty J.A. said, at para. 46: When a verdict is said to be unreasonable, the question is......
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  • R. v. Grant
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • May 2, 2022
    ...from the exculpatory portions, the best course is to specifically refer the jury to the exculpatory portions. In R. v. Dadollahi-Sarab, 2021, ONCA 514, this court recalled, at paras. 108 to 118, that no mandatory formula applies since the instructions should be tailored to the specific circ......
  • R. v. Smoke
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 16, 2025
    ...there was some exculpatory evidence adduced at trial, it did not undermine the reasonableness of the verdict. In R. v. Dadollahi-Sarab, 2021 ONCA 514, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 356, Doherty J.A. said, at para. When a verdict is said to be unreasonable, the question is not......