R. v. MacKenzie

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard
Citation2013 SCC 50,[2013] 3 SCR 250,[2013] 12 WWR 209,[2013] SCJ No 50 (QL),JE 2013-1700,[2013] EXP 3114,AZ-51004479,423 Sask R 185,363 DLR (4th) 381
Docket Number34397
Date27 September 2013
Subject MatterCIVIL RIGHTS,CRIMINAL LAW,POLICE

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    • Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
    • March 8, 2016
    ...[para. 32]. R. v. Farrah (D.) (2011), 268 Man.R.(2d) 112; 520 W.A.C. 112; 2011 MBCA 49, refd to. [para. 32]. R. v. MacKenzie (B.C.), [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250; 448 N.R. 246; 423 Sask.R. 185; 588 W.A.C. 185; 2013 SCC 50, refd to. [para. R. v. Fenske (H.B.), [2015] Man.R.(2d) Uned. 37; 2015 MBCA 11......
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    • July 4, 2025
    ...intrusive form of search (see R. v. Chehil, 2013 SCC 49, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 220, at paras. 1 and 28; R. v. MacKenzie, 2013 SCC 50, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250, at para. 86). Indeed, it is because of the “minimally intrusive, narrowly targeted, and highly accurate nature” of sniff searches that only a ......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 31, 2019
    ...R. v. Lavallee, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852; R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265; R. v. Evans, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 8; R. v. Mackenzie, 2013 SCC 50, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250; R. v. O.(N.), 2009 ABCA 75, 2 Alta. L.R. (5th) 72; Hunter v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145; R. v. Reeves, 2018 SCC 56, [2018] 3 S.C......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 9, 2022
    ... [2009] 2 S.C.R. 527 ; R. v. G.F., 2021 SCC 20 ; R. v. Beaudry, 2007 SCC 5 , [2007] 1 S.C.R. 190 ; R. v. MacKenzie, 2013 SCC 50 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250; R. v. Chehil, 2013 SCC 49 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 220 ; R. v. Golub (1997), 34 O.R. (3d) 743 ; R. v. Canary, 2018 ONCA 304 , 361 C.C.C. (......
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  • R. v. D.N.S.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
    • March 8, 2016
    ...[para. 32]. R. v. Farrah (D.) (2011), 268 Man.R.(2d) 112; 520 W.A.C. 112; 2011 MBCA 49, refd to. [para. 32]. R. v. MacKenzie (B.C.), [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250; 448 N.R. 246; 423 Sask.R. 185; 588 W.A.C. 185; 2013 SCC 50, refd to. [para. R. v. Fenske (H.B.), [2015] Man.R.(2d) Uned. 37; 2015 MBCA 11......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 31, 2019
    ...R. v. Lavallee, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852; R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265; R. v. Evans, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 8; R. v. Mackenzie, 2013 SCC 50, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250; R. v. O.(N.), 2009 ABCA 75, 2 Alta. L.R. (5th) 72; Hunter v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145; R. v. Reeves, 2018 SCC 56, [2018] 3 S.C......
  • R. v. Beaver
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 9, 2022
    ... [2009] 2 S.C.R. 527 ; R. v. G.F., 2021 SCC 20 ; R. v. Beaudry, 2007 SCC 5 , [2007] 1 S.C.R. 190 ; R. v. MacKenzie, 2013 SCC 50 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250; R. v. Chehil, 2013 SCC 49 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 220 ; R. v. Golub (1997), 34 O.R. (3d) 743 ; R. v. Canary, 2018 ONCA 304 , 361 C.C.C. (......
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    ...and thereby substitute its own view of the correct answer for a trial judge’s legal conclusion” (R v MacKenzie, 2013 SCC 50 at para 54, [2013] 3 SCR 250, emphasis in original). This renders the judge’s reasons less important than his bottom-line conclusion. The correctness standard of revie......
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  • Table of cases
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    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Evidence. Seventh Edition
    • August 29, 2015
    ...11, 2008 SCC 11 .................................................................................................. 15 R. v. McKenzie, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 250, 303 C.C.C. (3d) 281, 2013 SCC 50 ......... 207 R. v. McKerness (2007), 225 O.A.C. 134, 50 M.V.R. (5th) 60, 2007 ONCA 452 .....................
  • Table of cases, index and about the authors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Seventh Edition
    • June 30, 2021
    ...333 R v Mabior, [2012] 2 SCR 584, 2012 SCC 47....................................................... 119 R v MacKenzie, [2013] 3 SCR 250, 2013 SCC 50................................................ 330 R v Malmo-Levine; R v Caine, [2003] 3 SCR 2003 SCC 74..........................................
  • Digest: R v Nahnybida, 2018 SKCA 72
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • August 18, 2019
    ...SKCA 69, 310 Sask R 217 R v MacDonald, 2008 SKCA 127, 314 Sask R 85, 67 MVR (5th) 207 R v MacKenzie, 2013 SCC 50, 363 DLR (4th) 445, [2013] 12 WWR 209, 423 Sask R 185 R v McDonnell, [1997] 1 SCR 948, 114 CCC 437, 210 NR 241 R v McLean, 2016 SKCA 93, 484 Sask R 137 R v McLennan, 2016 ONCA 73......
  • Rights in the Criminal Process
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sixth Edition
    • June 22, 2021
    ...90 the Supreme Court found that a warrantless “perimeter search,” during which the police trespassed on the accused’s 83 R v MacKenzie , [2013] 3 SCR 250. 84 R v Finlay (1985), 23 DLR (4th) 532 (Ont CA), leave to appeal to SCC refused, [1986] 1 SCR ix; R v Garofoli , [1990] 2 SCR 1421, 60 C......
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