R. v. Friesen

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas
Citation2020 SCC 9
Docket Number38300
Date02 April 2020

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1585 practice notes
  • R v Quintero-Gelvez
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 24, 2023
    ...of the gravity of the offence or to respond to societal and legislative changes: R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 at paras 21-23; R v Friesen, 2020 SCC 9 at paras 34-35, 108. There is little doubt such changes have occurred since 1985 with respect to sexual assault and related law. Nonetheless, du......
  • R. v. Nahanee
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 27, 2022
    ...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 basis for ......
  • R. v. Hilbach
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • January 27, 2023
    ...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......
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v. G
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 20, 2020
    ...1 S.C.R. 933; Ferguson v. Regional Mental Health Care St. Thomas, 2010 ONCA 810, 271 O.A.C. 104; Kassa (Re), 2019 ONCA 313; R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9; R. v. 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 575; Doucet‑Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62, [2003] 3 S......
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1551 cases
  • R v Quintero-Gelvez
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 24, 2023
    ...of the gravity of the offence or to respond to societal and legislative changes: R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 at paras 21-23; R v Friesen, 2020 SCC 9 at paras 34-35, 108. There is little doubt such changes have occurred since 1985 with respect to sexual assault and related law. Nonetheless, du......
  • R. v. Nahanee
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 27, 2022
    ...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 basis for ......
  • R. v. Hilbach
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • January 27, 2023
    ...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......
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v. G
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 20, 2020
    ...1 S.C.R. 933; Ferguson v. Regional Mental Health Care St. Thomas, 2010 ONCA 810, 271 O.A.C. 104; Kassa (Re), 2019 ONCA 313; R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9; R. v. 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 575; Doucet‑Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62, [2003] 3 S......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 26 – JANUARY 30)
    • Canada
    • LexBlog Canada
    • February 1, 2026
    ...Upper Canada, 2010 ONLSHP 112, Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61, R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, Komolafe v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 431, Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy C......
  • What Regulators Can Learn From The Criminal Courts About Sexual Abuse Cases
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 23, 2021
    ...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......
35 books & journal articles
  • Internet Child Exploitation Offences
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Offences Against Children, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2023
    ...in the law. 1 R v Inksetter , 2018 ONCA 474 at para 22. 2 R v JS , 2018 ONCA 675 at para 121; R v Sharpe , 2001 SCC 2; R v Friesen , 2020 SCC 9. 3 R v DGF , 2010 ONCA 27 at para 21, cited with approval in R v Inksetter , supra note 1. 4 Statistics Canada, Online Child Sexual Exploitation an......
  • Trial Considerations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Offences Against Children, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2023
    ...sort of accident. By contrast, the defence expert testified that the baby suffered from osteopenia, a demineralization 324 R v Friesen , 2020 SCC 9 ; R v W(R) , [1992] 2 SCR 122, 1992 CanLII 56 ; R v L (DO) , [1993] 4 SCR 419, 1993 CanLII 46 ; R v CCF , [1997] 3 SCR 1183, 1997 CanLII 306 ; ......
  • Sentencing Charts
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...33 Criminal Code , s 718.04. 34 Criminal Code , s 718.2(a)(ii). 35 Criminal Code , s 718.2(a)(iii). 36 Criminal Code , s 718.3(7). 37 2020 SCC 9. 38 Ibid at para 5 . 39 Ibid at para 114 . 40 Ibid at paras 37 -38, 91-92; R v Nasogaluak , 2010 SCC 6 at para 43. 41 Friesen , supra note 37......
  • Sentencing
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Offences Against Children, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2023
    ...“New Statistics Canada Crime Data Shows Victimization of Children Intensified During Pandemic” (27 July 2021), online: . 9 R v Friesen , 2020 SCC 9. 10 Ibid at paras 42 -65. © [2023] Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 616 Prosecuting and Defending Ofences Against Children ......
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