R. v. Gager, 2020 ONCA 274

JurisdictionOntario
JudgePardu, Roberts and Thorburn JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 274
Date30 April 2020
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Docket NumberC56616 & C57445
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27 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 27 ' May 1)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 12, 2020
    ...R. v. Plant, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 281, R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265, R. v. Grant, 2009 SCC 32, R. v. Flintroy, 2019 BCSC 213 R. v. G., 2020 ONCA 274 Keywords: Criminal Law, Murder, Evidence, Admissibility, Expert Evidence, Jury Instructions, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Sentencing, R. ......
  • Opinion Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...should be made available by both Crown and defence 324 Thomas , supra note 159 at paras 59-61. 325 Ibid at paras 59-61. 326 R v Gager , 2020 ONCA 274 at paras 104-5, 114, referencing R v Dixon , [1998] 1 SCR 244 at paras 20, 21; R v Taillefer; R v Duguay , 2003 SCC 70 at paras 36, 105. 327 ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...306 Gager , R v , 2012 ONSC 388 .............................................. 69, 129, 595 Gager , R v , 2020 ONCA 274 ................................................. 128, 129 Gagnon , R v , 2000 CanLII 16863 (Ont CA) .................................... 615, 638 Gagnon , R v , 2006 SCC ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Appendixes
    • May 2, 2022
    ...187 Gabriel , R v , 2017 NSSC 90 ........................................................... 108-9 Gager , R v , 2020 ONCA 274 ................................................ 78, 162, 163, 164 Gale , R v , 2013 ONSC 6308 ............................................................. 264 Gam......
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  • R v Mela, 2021 ABCA 38
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 3, 2021
    ...33926); R v Alcantara, 2015 ABCA 259, 328 CCC (3d) 293 leave denied [2016] SCCA No 14 (QL) (SCC Nos 36732, 36733); R v Gager and Smelie, 2020 ONCA 274, [2020] OJ No 1886 (QL) under motion (S.C.C. Nos. 39476, 39477). No such expert evidence was called in this case. [64] The trial judge was a......
  • R v Wilson,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • June 9, 2021
    ...had some probative value and a limiting instruction was not necessary for the reasons succinctly stated by Roberts J.A. in R v Gager, 2020 ONCA 274, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 2021 CanLII 32437: [63] It is well settled that a “no probative value” instruction will be calle......
  • R v Tallcree,
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 14, 2023
    ...conduct can be attributed to one culpable act rather than another. [emphasis added] See White (2011), Charron J at para 109; R v Gager, 2020 ONCA 274, Roberts JA at para [341]       At para 32 of White (1998), Justice Major commented that 32   &#......
  • R. v. Oppong,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • May 25, 2021
    ...trial: D.(D.), at paras. 12-13. Ultimately the admissibility of any expert opinion evidence is highly case-specific: R. v. Gager, 2020 ONCA 274, at para. 27, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, 39477 (April 22, The initial admissibility ruling: Did the trial judge err in admitting evidence t......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 27 ' May 1)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 12, 2020
    ...R. v. Plant, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 281, R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265, R. v. Grant, 2009 SCC 32, R. v. Flintroy, 2019 BCSC 213 R. v. G., 2020 ONCA 274 Keywords: Criminal Law, Murder, Evidence, Admissibility, Expert Evidence, Jury Instructions, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Sentencing, R. ......
5 books & journal articles
  • Opinion Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...should be made available by both Crown and defence 324 Thomas , supra note 159 at paras 59-61. 325 Ibid at paras 59-61. 326 R v Gager , 2020 ONCA 274 at paras 104-5, 114, referencing R v Dixon , [1998] 1 SCR 244 at paras 20, 21; R v Taillefer; R v Duguay , 2003 SCC 70 at paras 36, 105. 327 ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...306 Gager , R v , 2012 ONSC 388 .............................................. 69, 129, 595 Gager , R v , 2020 ONCA 274 ................................................. 128, 129 Gagnon , R v , 2000 CanLII 16863 (Ont CA) .................................... 615, 638 Gagnon , R v , 2006 SCC ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Appendixes
    • May 2, 2022
    ...187 Gabriel , R v , 2017 NSSC 90 ........................................................... 108-9 Gager , R v , 2020 ONCA 274 ................................................ 78, 162, 163, 164 Gale , R v , 2013 ONSC 6308 ............................................................. 264 Gam......
  • Police Experts
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Part II - Specific Types of Expert Evidence
    • May 2, 2022
    ...75 Supra note 25. 76 R v Sheriffe , 2015 ONCA 880 at para 102; Mohan , supra note 25. 77 2016 ONSC 7644. 78 Ibid at paras 55-59. 79 2020 ONCA 274 at para 41. 80 Supra note 72 at para 32. 81 Ibid at para 22. © [2022] Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 7 Police Expert......
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