R v Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193

JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Barbara Lea Veldhuis,The Honourable Madam Justice Jo'Anne Strekaf,The Honourable Madam Justice Ritu Khullar
Neutral Citation2021 ABCA 193
Citation2021 ABCA 193
Date21 May 2021
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Docket Number1903-0226A

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13 practice notes
  • R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 14, 2025
    ...Overruled: R. v. Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193, 406 C.C.C. (3d) 84; approved: R. v. MacDonald, 2022 YKCA 7, 419 C.C.C. (3d) 100; considered: R. v. Crosthwait, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 1089; R. v. Ware (1975), 30 C.R.N.S. 308; referred to: R. v. Larocque, 2025 SCC 36; R. v. Spence, 2005 SCC 71, [2005] 3 S.C......
  • R v Wright
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • May 21, 2025
    ...In coming to that conclusion, the SCAC judge noted that there was conflicting authority on the issue. On the one hand, in R v Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 2021 SCCA No. 294, [ Goldson], the Alberta Court of Appeal held that the tendering of a CA is an evidentiary ......
  • R v Rousselle
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 14, 2025
    ...not more difficult, would not have built such a simple route to acquittal. Cases Cited By Rowe and Moreau JJ. Overruled: R. v. Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193, 406 C.C.C. (3d) 84; approved: R. v. MacDonald, 2022 YKCA 7, 419 C.C.C. (3d) 100; considered: R. v. Crosthwait, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 1089; R. v. W......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2023
    ...430-35 Goldhart, R v , [1996] 2 SCR 463, 1996 CanLII 214 ..................................518 Goldson, R v , 2021 ABCA 193 ............................................ 331, 344-46 Goldson, R v , [2021] SCCA No 294 (QL)....................................23, 344-46 Goleski, R v , 2014 BCCA ......
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  • R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 14, 2025
    ...Overruled: R. v. Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193, 406 C.C.C. (3d) 84; approved: R. v. MacDonald, 2022 YKCA 7, 419 C.C.C. (3d) 100; considered: R. v. Crosthwait, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 1089; R. v. Ware (1975), 30 C.R.N.S. 308; referred to: R. v. Larocque, 2025 SCC 36; R. v. Spence, 2005 SCC 71, [2005] 3 S.C......
  • R v Wright
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • May 21, 2025
    ...In coming to that conclusion, the SCAC judge noted that there was conflicting authority on the issue. On the one hand, in R v Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 2021 SCCA No. 294, [ Goldson], the Alberta Court of Appeal held that the tendering of a CA is an evidentiary ......
  • R v Rousselle
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 14, 2025
    ...not more difficult, would not have built such a simple route to acquittal. Cases Cited By Rowe and Moreau JJ. Overruled: R. v. Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193, 406 C.C.C. (3d) 84; approved: R. v. MacDonald, 2022 YKCA 7, 419 C.C.C. (3d) 100; considered: R. v. Crosthwait, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 1089; R. v. W......
  • R. v. Larocque, 2025 SCC 36
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 14, 2025
    ...Applied: R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35; considered: R. v. Vigneault, 2024 QCCA 793; referred to: R. v. Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193, 406 C.C.C. (3d) 84; R. v. MacDonald, 2022 YKCA 7, 419 C.C.C. (3d) 100; R. v. Kelly, 2023 NSPC 19; R. v. Cardwell, 2022 BCPC 308; R. v. Underhill, 2020 NBPC 3, 61 M.V......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2023
    ...430-35 Goldhart, R v , [1996] 2 SCR 463, 1996 CanLII 214 ..................................518 Goldson, R v , 2021 ABCA 193 ............................................ 331, 344-46 Goldson, R v , [2021] SCCA No 294 (QL)....................................23, 344-46 Goleski, R v , 2014 BCCA ......
  • Proving Blood Alcohol Concentration Through Breath Samples: Approved Instruments and Certified Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2023
    ...proof, in part because once the presumption is established, guilt will ordinarily 16 R v Persaud , 2020 ONSC 3413 ; R v Goldson , 2021 ABCA 193 , leave to appeal to SCC filed, [2021] SCCA No 294 (QL). © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 332 Impaired Driving and Other ......