R v Gittens, 2019 ABCA 406

CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Patricia Rowbotham,The Honourable Madam Justice Dawn Pentelechuk,The Honourable Mr. Justice Jack Watson
Citation2019 ABCA 406
Date28 October 2019
Docket Number1903-0084-A

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11 practice notes
  • R v Bellows
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • March 20, 2025
    ...trafficking which defines the scope of the Maskell starting point: see discussion of the meaning of “minimal scale” in R v Gittens, 2019 ABCA 406 at paras 4-6, 21-37, 94 Alta LR (6 th) 307; see also: R v McCulloch, 2011 ABCA 124 at para 4, [2011] AJ No 448 (QL) (single transaction with no c......
  • R v EF, 2021 ABQB 639
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • August 13, 2021
    ...to consider all of the relevant circumstances: R v Suter, 2018 SCC 34 at paras 47-59; R v Pham, 2013 SCC 15 at paras 11-12; R v Gittens, 2019 ABCA 406 at para 42. Collateral consequences do not relate to the gravity of the offence or the level of responsibility of the offender, but rather s......
  • R v Williams
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • September 9, 2020
    ...with regard to sentences for the so-called social trafficker. What constitutes social trafficking was described in R v Gittens, 2019 ABCA 406, 94 Alta LR (6th) 307, as an unorganized transfer by one addict to another in a social context or “one-off opportunistic transactions” (at para 36). ......
  • R v Hunt, 2021 ABPC 267
    • Canada
    • Provincial Court of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 19, 2021
    ...ABCA 458; R v Frazer 2017 ABPC 116; R v Friesen 2020 SCC 9; R v Friesen 2019 BCSC 1038; R v Gardiner [1982] 2 SCR 368; R v  Gittens 2019 ABCA 406; R v Hoang [2002] OJ No 1355 (SCJ); R v Jackson-Bullshields 2015 BCPC 411; R v Joon 2017 BCPC 301; R v Khan 2019 BCPC 300; R v Knott 2012 SC......
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  • R v EF
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • August 13, 2021
    ...to consider all of the relevant circumstances: R v Suter, 2018 SCC 34 at paras 47-59; R v Pham, 2013 SCC 15 at paras 11-12; R v Gittens, 2019 ABCA 406 at para 42. Collateral consequences do not relate to the gravity of the offence or the level of responsibility of the offender, but rather s......
  • R v Williams
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • September 9, 2020
    ...with regard to sentences for the so-called social trafficker. What constitutes social trafficking was described in R v Gittens, 2019 ABCA 406, 94 Alta LR (6th) 307, as an unorganized transfer by one addict to another in a social context or “one-off opportunistic transactions” (at para 36). ......
  • R v Hunt
    • Canada
    • Provincial Court of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 19, 2021
    ...ABCA 458; R v Frazer 2017 ABPC 116; R v Friesen 2020 SCC 9; R v Friesen 2019 BCSC 1038; R v Gardiner [1982] 2 SCR 368; R v  Gittens 2019 ABCA 406; R v Hoang [2002] OJ No 1355 (SCJ); R v Jackson-Bullshields 2015 BCPC 411; R v Joon 2017 BCPC 301; R v Khan 2019 BCPC 300; R v Knott 2012 SC......
  • R v Sharifi-Jamali
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 20, 2022
    ...in support of their initial joint submission: R v Maskell, 1981 ABCA 50; R v McCulloch, 2011 ABCA 124, at para 4; and R v Gittens, 2019 ABCA 406. [29]        Maskell, the root authority for over 40 years, held (para 11) that “all cases of ... posses......
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