R. v. Downey
| Jurisdiction | Nova Scotia |
| Court | Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada) |
| Judge | Farrar, Saunders and Bourgeois, JJ.A. |
| Citation | 2018 NSCA 33 |
| Date | 18 April 2018 |
| Docket Number | CAC 461097 |
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15 practice notes
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Table of cases
...685 Downey , R v , 1976 CanLII 1450, 32 CCC (2d) 511 (NSSCAD) ..........................425 Downey , R v , 2018 NSCA 33 .................. 233, 617, 618, 623, 624, 631, 652, 653, 660 Doyle , R v , 2007 BCCA 587 ......................................................628 DP v Wagg , 2004 CanLI......
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Hearsay
...obtain that evidence, of the same value from the 395 R v Tat , 1997 CanLII 2234, 117 CCC (3d) 481 at paras 36-37 (Ont CA) ; R v Downey , 2018 NSCA 33 at paras 84-85. 396 Tat , ibid ; Downey , ibid at paras 86-87. 397 Tat , ibid at paras 38-39; R v Langille , 1990 CanLII 6782, 59 CCC (3d) 54......
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Identification Evidence
...Cou rt in 2020 SCC 36 . The assessment of reliability in general is examined in greater detail in Chapter 8, Section II. 32 R v Downey , 2018 NSCA 33 at para 57, referencing Atfield , supra note 10 at para 3; Miaponoose , supra note 15 at 8 (pdf version). 33 R v Kulba , 2021 ABCA 11 at para......
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R. v. T.J.F.
...NSCA 1; R. v. Gallone, 2019 ONCA 663; R. v. Gerrard, 2021 NSCA 59 (aff’d 2022 SCC 13); R. v. S.S.S., 2020 BCCA 180; R. v. Downey, 2018 NSCA 33; R. v. Morin, [1988] 2 S.C.R 345; R. v. B.(G.), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 57; R. v. Walker, 2008 SCC 34; R. v. Kendall (2005), 75 O.R. (3d) 565, 200 OA......
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R. v. T.J.F.
...NSCA 1; R. v. Gallone, 2019 ONCA 663; R. v. Gerrard, 2021 NSCA 59 (aff’d 2022 SCC 13); R. v. S.S.S., 2020 BCCA 180; R. v. Downey, 2018 NSCA 33; R. v. Morin, [1988] 2 S.C.R 345; R. v. B.(G.), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 57; R. v. Walker, 2008 SCC 34; R. v. Kendall (2005), 75 O.R. (3d) 565, 200 OA......
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R. v. Drake
...SCC 33; R. v. Ryan, 2011 NLCA 53; R. v. Gagnon, 2006 SCC 17; R. v. M. (R.E.), 2008 SCC 51; R. v. Olliffe, 2015 ONCA 242; R. v. Downey, 2018 NSCA 33; R. v. Campbell, 2017 ONCA 65; Raymond Turnbull and Others (1976), 63 Cr. App. R. 132; R. v. Field, 2018 BCCA 253; R. v. Hassan, 2014 ONSC 3764......
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R. v. Brown
...The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal considered the law on identification evidence in R. v. Downey, 2018 NSCA 33, [2018] N.S.J. No. 136. The case involved a home invasion by several masked individuals, one of whom shot several of the victims. One victim identified the accused – whom she k......
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R. v. Sylliboy
...As an aside, I want to note that I am alive to the considerations respecting voice recognition evidence as discussed in R. v. Downey, 2018 NSCA 33.  I am satisfied that the level of familiarity between Ms. Mitchell and the Accused is well beyond what was the case in Downey.  Addit......
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3 books & journal articles
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Table of cases
...685 Downey , R v , 1976 CanLII 1450, 32 CCC (2d) 511 (NSSCAD) ..........................425 Downey , R v , 2018 NSCA 33 .................. 233, 617, 618, 623, 624, 631, 652, 653, 660 Doyle , R v , 2007 BCCA 587 ......................................................628 DP v Wagg , 2004 CanLI......
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Hearsay
...obtain that evidence, of the same value from the 395 R v Tat , 1997 CanLII 2234, 117 CCC (3d) 481 at paras 36-37 (Ont CA) ; R v Downey , 2018 NSCA 33 at paras 84-85. 396 Tat , ibid ; Downey , ibid at paras 86-87. 397 Tat , ibid at paras 38-39; R v Langille , 1990 CanLII 6782, 59 CCC (3d) 54......
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Identification Evidence
...Cou rt in 2020 SCC 36 . The assessment of reliability in general is examined in greater detail in Chapter 8, Section II. 32 R v Downey , 2018 NSCA 33 at para 57, referencing Atfield , supra note 10 at para 3; Miaponoose , supra note 15 at 8 (pdf version). 33 R v Kulba , 2021 ABCA 11 at para......