R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | Wagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas |
Citation | 2020 SCC 9 |
Date | 02 April 2020 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Docket Number | 38300 |
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1058 practice notes
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R v Loiacono, 2022 ABPC 70
...of its position on sentence, the Crown referred to the following cases: R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 [“Parranto”]; R v Friesen, 2020 SCC 9 [“Friesen”]; R v Arcand, 2010 ABCA 363 [‘Arcand’]; R v Overacker, 2005 ABCA 150 [“Overacker”]; R v ......
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R. v. Nahanee, 2022 SCC 37
...into the framework for appellate intervention set out in R. v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64 , [2015] 3 S.C.R. 1089 , and R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9. The decisions in Lacasse and Friesen do not detract from the Court’s longstanding recognition that procedural unfairness is an independent bas......
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R. v. Hilbach,
...2022 SCC 23; R. v. Boudreault, 2018 SCC 58, [2018] 3 S.C.R. 599; R. v. Nasogaluak, 2010 SCC 6, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 206; R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424; R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688; R. v. Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 433; R. v. Goltz, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 485; R. v. Lat......
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R. v. Hills,
...R. v. Batisse, 2009 ONCA 114, 93 O.R. (3d) 643; R. v. Marfo, 2020 ONSC 5663; R. v. Proulx, 2000 SCC 5, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 61; R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424; R. v. Oud, 2016 BCCA 332, 339 C.C.C. (3d) 379; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235; Sansregret v. The......
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R. v. Nahanee, 2022 SCC 37
...into the framework for appellate intervention set out in R. v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64 , [2015] 3 S.C.R. 1089 , and R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9. The decisions in Lacasse and Friesen do not detract from the Court’s longstanding recognition that procedural unfairness is an independent bas......
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R. v. Bertrand Marchand,
...steps that Parliament has taken to punish the various forms that abuse of children may take, the Court’s decision in R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424 , sets out sentencing principles for sexual offences against children to fully reflect and give effect to the profound ......
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R. v. Archambault, 2024 SCC 35
... 2023 ABCA 381 , 69 Alta. L.R. (7th) 1 ; R. v. S.S., 2021 ONCA 479 , 493 C.R.R. (2d) 251 ; R. v. C.T.B., 2021 NSCA 58 ; R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424 ; R. v. M. (C.A.), [1996] 1 S.C.R. 500 ; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 , ......
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R. v. Hilbach,
...2022 SCC 23; R. v. Boudreault, 2018 SCC 58, [2018] 3 S.C.R. 599; R. v. Nasogaluak, 2010 SCC 6, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 206; R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424; R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688; R. v. Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 433; R. v. Goltz, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 485; R. v. Lat......
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What Regulators Can Learn From The Criminal Courts About Sexual Abuse Cases
...Footnotes 1 Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 18. 2 R. v. Slatter, 2020 SCC 36. 3 Slatter, at para. 2. 4 R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9. 5 Friesen, at para. 6 Friesen, at para. 146 [citations omitted]. 7 R. v. Visscher, 2012 BCCA 290, cited at para. 146 of Friesen. 8 In the M......
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Table of Cases
...384 FPP , R v , [1994] OJ No 1488 (QL) (Ct J) ............................................... 380 Friesen , R v , 2020 SCC 9 ................ 9, 142-44, 224, 614-15, 620-22, 625-26, 632-40, 643, 645 FS , R v , 2004 ONCJ 230 ............................................................ 360 Fu......
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Historical Offences
...sentencing decisions “are historical portraits, not straitjackets.” 191 183 Ibid at paras 47-52. 184 Ibid at para 56. 185 R v Friesen , 2020 SCC 9 at paras 108-9. 186 Ibid ; see also R v Lacasse , 2015 SCC 64 at paras 62-64, 74. 187 Supra note 185 at para 110. 188 2019 ONCA 504. 189 Ibid at......
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Table of cases
...77 Alta LR (2d) 79, 101 CCC (3d) 167 (CA) ............................................................................... 482 R v Friesen, 2020 SCC 9 ......................................................543, 544, 547, 558, 585 R v FW Woolworth Co (1974), 3 OR (2d) 629, 18 CCC (2d) 23, 46 D......
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Sentencing
...56 at para 38, in which the range f or similar ofences is said to start at four or ive years. 60 R v Hajar , 2016 ABCA 222 at par a 81. 61 2020 SCC 9. 62 Ibid at paras 108-14. 63 Ibid at paras 115-18. 64 Ibid at paras 119-20. © 2024 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 538 Pr......
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