R. v. Lewis

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeSharpe, Pepall and Fairburn JJ.A.
Citation2018 ONCA 351
Date11 April 2018
Docket NumberC62011 & C62548

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11 practice notes
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...73 Lewis , R v , 2009 ONCA 874 ................................................. 238, 239 Lewis , R v , 2018 ONCA 351 ......................................................641 Lewis v The Queen , [1979] 2 SCR 821 .................................... 153, 170, 209 Li , R v , 1993 CanLII 1314......
  • Reliability as a Factor of Credibility
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...the known voice.38 31 R v MB , 2017 ONCA 653 at para 29. 32 R v Bao , 2019 ONCA 458 at para 14; R v Hibbert , 2002 SCC 39. 33 R v Lewis , 2018 ONCA 351 at para 18. 34 R v Hibbert , 2002 SCC 39 at para 49. 35 R v Edwards , 2022 ONCA 78 at para 22; R v Jack , 2013 ONCA 80 at para 15. 36 R v T......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...47 ................................. 68 Lewis , R v , 2012 ONCA 388 ....................................................177 Lewis , R v , 2018 ONCA 351 .................................................... 247 Copyright © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 322 Table of ......
  • Identification Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...note 16. 180 McFarlane , supra note 54 at para 80; Hay , ibid at paras 53-55; Huerta , supra note 17 at para 33, referencing R v Lewis , 2018 ONCA 351 at para 18. A charge to the jur y can be found inadequate if it does not engage with specific weaknesses in a case: Iyamuremye , ibid , refe......
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6 cases
  • R. v. Mills
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • November 29, 2019
    ...been emphasized by this court in many cases as well, most recently in R. v. Phillips, 2018 ONCA 651, 364 C.C.C. (3d) 220; R. v. Lewis, 2018 ONCA 351; R. v. Biddle, 2018 ONCA 520, 363 C.C.C. (3d) 118; and R. v. Bao, 2019 ONCA 458, 146 O.R. (3d) (ii) Instructing a jury with respect to eyewitn......
  • R. v. Alvarez
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • November 30, 2021
    ...R. v. Brown, 2007 ONCA 71, 216 C.C.C. (3d) 299, at para. 18; R. v. Vassel, 2018 ONCA 721, 365 C.C.C. (3d) 45, at para. 188; R. v. Lewis, 2018 ONCA 351, at para. 18. [90] In general terms, the problem in eyewitness identification cases is an honest but inaccurate identification by a credible......
  • Turcotte v. Lewis
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • April 13, 2018
    ...assault and were sentenced to terms of imprisonment of two years less a day. Their appeals to this court were allowed: see R. v. Lewis, 2018 ONCA 351. B. The summary judgment [20] There was an extensive evidentiary record adduced on the summary judgment motions. It included: · affidavits of......
  • R. v. White
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 23, 2019
    ...previously observed is, standing alone, of negligible or no probative value: R. v. Phillips, 2018 ONCA 651 at paras. 22,23, R. v. Lewis, 2018 ONCA 351 at para. 23, and R. v. Biddle, 2018 ONCA 520 at para. 32. In this case, at trial, Mr. Houston had not seen the appellant, if he was the indi......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 3 – 7, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 26, 2019
    ...R. v. Malcolm (1993), 13 O.R. (3d) 165 (C.A.), R. v. Miaponoose (1996), 30 O.R (3d) 419 (C.A.), R. v. Hibbert, 2002 SCC 39, R. v. Lewis, 2018 ONCA 351, R. v. Baltovich (2004), 73 O.R. (3d) 481 (C.A.), R. v. Gough, 2013 ONCA 137, R. v. Pimentel (1995), 85 O.A.C. 395 (C.A.), R. v. Tat (1997),......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...73 Lewis , R v , 2009 ONCA 874 ................................................. 238, 239 Lewis , R v , 2018 ONCA 351 ......................................................641 Lewis v The Queen , [1979] 2 SCR 821 .................................... 153, 170, 209 Li , R v , 1993 CanLII 1314......
  • Reliability as a Factor of Credibility
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...the known voice.38 31 R v MB , 2017 ONCA 653 at para 29. 32 R v Bao , 2019 ONCA 458 at para 14; R v Hibbert , 2002 SCC 39. 33 R v Lewis , 2018 ONCA 351 at para 18. 34 R v Hibbert , 2002 SCC 39 at para 49. 35 R v Edwards , 2022 ONCA 78 at para 22; R v Jack , 2013 ONCA 80 at para 15. 36 R v T......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...47 ................................. 68 Lewis , R v , 2012 ONCA 388 ....................................................177 Lewis , R v , 2018 ONCA 351 .................................................... 247 Copyright © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 322 Table of ......
  • Identification Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...note 16. 180 McFarlane , supra note 54 at para 80; Hay , ibid at paras 53-55; Huerta , supra note 17 at para 33, referencing R v Lewis , 2018 ONCA 351 at para 18. A charge to the jur y can be found inadequate if it does not engage with specific weaknesses in a case: Iyamuremye , ibid , refe......