R. v. Johnson

JurisdictionNova Scotia
CourtCourt of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
JudgeBeveridge, Hamilton and Van den Eynden, JJ.A.
Citation2017 NSCA 64
Docket NumberCAC 446850
Date12 June 2017

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21 practice notes
  • Appeals
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...that the provision should be applied only if conviction would be “inevitable” or “invariable,” 91 or if the result 86 See R v Johnson , 2017 NSCA 64, where the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal concluded that as the jury must have accepted the evidence of two particular witnesses, and as that evi......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...R v Johnson, 2010 ONSC 1490 ........................................................................... 244 R v Johnson, 2017 NSCA 64, 360 CCC (3d) 246 ...............................................580 R v Johnston, 2016 BCCA 3, 333 CCC (3d) 555, 381 BCAC 1 ........................... 453 ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ...393, 2007 BCCA 490 ................................................................415 R v Johnson (1994 SCC). See R v Laba R v Johnson, 2017 NSCA 64 ................................................................................176 R v Johnston, [1970] 2 OR 780, [1970] 4 CCC 64 (CA) ...........
  • Unfulfilled Crimes and Participation in Crimes
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ..., 2016 SCC 10. 122 R v Rochon , [2012] 2 SCR 673, af’g 2011 QCCA 2012. 123 R v Vu , [2012] 2 SCR 411 at paras 59–60. 124 R v Johnson , 2017 NSCA 64 at 106; R v Dooley , 2009 ONCA 910 at 123. 125 R v Halmo (1941), 76 CCC 116 (Ont CA); R v Kulbacki , [1966] 1 CCC 167 (Man CA). Unfulilled Crim......
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17 cases
  • R v Napope
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • May 18, 2022
    ...although perhaps unnecessary, to instruct the jury as to aiding and abetting and common intent: see, for example, R v Johnson, 2017 NSCA 64 at paras 59–64, 360 CCC (3d) 246; R v Thatcher, [1987] 1 SCR 652; and R v Cowan, 2021 SCC 45 at paras 29–34, 409 CCC (3d) 287. [93]&......
  • R. v. Riley
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • December 5, 2019
    ...appellant. Mr. Johnson’s trial preceded the appellant’s. A jury convicted Mr. Johnson of first degree murder. He unsuccessfully appealed (2017 NSCA 64). [4] At Mr. Johnson’s trial, his former girlfriend, Kaitlin Fuller, described Mr. Johnson’s admissions he had made to her about his active ......
  • R. v. Hannan
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • February 2, 2023
    ...R. v. Rodgerson, 2015 SCC 38, at para. 54; R. v. Robinson, 2016 BCCA 192; R. v. Cromwell, 2016 NSCA 84, at paras. 25-26; R. v. Johnson, 2017 NSCA 64, at para. [115]    The appellant advances two interconnected complaints.  Both relate to the judge’s charge on the ......
  • R. v. Greenwood
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • July 26, 2022
    ...is a question of law subject to review on a correctness standard. [62]         In R. v. Johnson, 2017 NSCA 64, Beveridge J.A. set out the approach appellate courts should take when considering whether a jury was properly [47]    &#......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Appeals
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...that the provision should be applied only if conviction would be “inevitable” or “invariable,” 91 or if the result 86 See R v Johnson , 2017 NSCA 64, where the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal concluded that as the jury must have accepted the evidence of two particular witnesses, and as that evi......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Procedure. Fourth Edition
    • June 23, 2020
    ...R v Johnson, 2010 ONSC 1490 ........................................................................... 244 R v Johnson, 2017 NSCA 64, 360 CCC (3d) 246 ...............................................580 R v Johnston, 2016 BCCA 3, 333 CCC (3d) 555, 381 BCAC 1 ........................... 453 ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ...393, 2007 BCCA 490 ................................................................415 R v Johnson (1994 SCC). See R v Laba R v Johnson, 2017 NSCA 64 ................................................................................176 R v Johnston, [1970] 2 OR 780, [1970] 4 CCC 64 (CA) ...........
  • Unfulfilled Crimes and Participation in Crimes
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ..., 2016 SCC 10. 122 R v Rochon , [2012] 2 SCR 673, af’g 2011 QCCA 2012. 123 R v Vu , [2012] 2 SCR 411 at paras 59–60. 124 R v Johnson , 2017 NSCA 64 at 106; R v Dooley , 2009 ONCA 910 at 123. 125 R v Halmo (1941), 76 CCC 116 (Ont CA); R v Kulbacki , [1966] 1 CCC 167 (Man CA). Unfulilled Crim......