R. v. Downes,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeNAKATSURU
Citation2022 ONSC 4308
Docket NumberCR-21-90000172; CR-21-90000174
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
Date27 July 2022

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7 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...102 Douglas-Hodgson , R v , 2023 ONSC 6769 ......................................... 112 Downes , R v , 2022 ONSC 4308 ................................................ 292 Downey , R v , 2019 ABQB 376 .................................................. 413 Doyle , R v , 2017 ONSC 1826 ............
  • Reasonable Grounds to Suspect and Reasonable Grounds to Believe
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...See R v 1758691 Ontario Inc (“ATV Farms”) , infra note 324 at para 45. 316 R v Paryniuk , 2017 ONCA 87 at para 69. See also R v Downes , 2022 ONSC 4308 at paras 111-24. 317 Phan , supra note 313 at para 56. 318 Paryniuk , supra note 316 at para 74. 319 See R v Williams , 2022 ONCA 596 at pa......
  • R v Searchwell-Beals,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 24, 2024
    ...in a Garofoli application when evidence has been lost due to unacceptable police negligence in “lost evidence” cases: R. v. Downes, 2022 ONSC 4308, 514 C.R.R. (2d) 153, at para. 34; R. v. St. Clair, 2020 ONSC 2251 at paras. 32-41; R. v. Pham, 2021 ONCJ 285, at para. 197. Of course, the doct......
  • R v Ahmed,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 11, 2024
    ...as to subvert the search warrant process, effectively amounting to an abuse of process: Paryniuk, at paras. 62, 69; R. v. Downes, 2022 ONSC 4308, 514 C.R.R. (2d) 153, at para. 43. (a) Excision of unconstitutionally obtained information The applicant asked me to excise all information obtain......
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  • R v Searchwell-Beals,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 24, 2024
    ...in a Garofoli application when evidence has been lost due to unacceptable police negligence in “lost evidence” cases: R. v. Downes, 2022 ONSC 4308, 514 C.R.R. (2d) 153, at para. 34; R. v. St. Clair, 2020 ONSC 2251 at paras. 32-41; R. v. Pham, 2021 ONCJ 285, at para. 197. Of course, the doct......
  • R v Ahmed,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 11, 2024
    ...as to subvert the search warrant process, effectively amounting to an abuse of process: Paryniuk, at paras. 62, 69; R. v. Downes, 2022 ONSC 4308, 514 C.R.R. (2d) 153, at para. 43. (a) Excision of unconstitutionally obtained information The applicant asked me to excise all information obtain......
  • R v Morgan,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 19, 2025
    ...was so egregious so as to amount to an abuse of process: R. v. Paryniuk, 2017 ONCA 87, 134 O.R. (3d) 321, at paras. 62, 69; R. v. Downes, 2022 ONSC 4308, 514 C.R.R. (2d) 153, at para. 113 In his factum, Mr. Godinho outlined all of the areas to which the Applicant answered questions in the a......
  • R v Simpson Sweeney,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • November 4, 2024
    ...conjecture cannot meet the threshold of reasonable and probable grounds required for the issuance of the search warrant: R. v. Downes, 2022 ONSC 4308, 514 C.R.R. (2d) 153, at paras. 142–143; R. v. Morelli, 2010 SCC 8, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 253, at para. The Sub-Facial Challenge 27 The applicant's......
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  • Reasonable Grounds to Suspect and Reasonable Grounds to Believe
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...See R v 1758691 Ontario Inc (“ATV Farms”) , infra note 324 at para 45. 316 R v Paryniuk , 2017 ONCA 87 at para 69. See also R v Downes , 2022 ONSC 4308 at paras 111-24. 317 Phan , supra note 313 at para 56. 318 Paryniuk , supra note 316 at para 74. 319 See R v Williams , 2022 ONCA 596 at pa......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...102 Douglas-Hodgson , R v , 2023 ONSC 6769 ......................................... 112 Downes , R v , 2022 ONSC 4308 ................................................ 292 Downey , R v , 2019 ABQB 376 .................................................. 413 Doyle , R v , 2017 ONSC 1826 ............