R. v. McSweeney,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeStrathy C.J.O., Doherty and Tulloch JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 2
Docket NumberC64881
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Date07 January 2020

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    ...43 R v Wittwer , supra note 6. 44 R v Plaha , supra note 6 at para 53; R v Hamilton , 2017 ONCA 179 at paras 58-59. 45 R v McSweeney , 2020 ONCA 2 at para 72. 46 R v Plaha , supra note 6 at para 49. © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 40 Charter Remedies in Criminal C......
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    ...criminal trial process would be better served by the admission of the evidence or by its exclusion: Grant, at para. 79; R. v. McSweeney, 2020 ONCA 2, 384 C.C.C. (3d) 265, at para. 81. Stated differently, would upholding the Charter rights and excluding the evidence exact too great a toll on......
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    ...bring the administration of justice into disrepute: Grant, [2009 SCC 32] at para. 71; Le, [2019 SCC 34] at paras. 139-141; and McSweeney, [2020 ONCA 2] at para. [128] Brown and Martin JJ., writing for the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Le, 2019 SCC 34 at paras. 141-2, desc......
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    ...to acquittal: R. v. Le, at para. 142; R. v. McGuffie, 2016 ONCA 365, (2016) 131 O.R. (3d) 643 (Ont. C.A.) at para. 63; R. v. McSweeney, 2020 ONCA 2, 384 C.C.C. (3d) 265 (Ont.CA.) at para. 81; R. v. Thompson, 2020 ONCA 264, 62 C.R. (7th) 286, at para. 107; R. v. West, 2020 ONCA 473, [2020] O......
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    ...196 McPake , R v , 2019 BCSC 751 .................................................. 377 McSweeney , R v , 2020 ONCA 2 ....................... 27, 39-40, 43, 47-48, 50-51, 57, 95 McWhirter , R v , 2017 BCSC 2314 ........................................... 122, 377 Meech , R v , 2013 ONCA 338......
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    ...43 R v Wittwer , supra note 6. 44 R v Plaha , supra note 6 at para 53; R v Hamilton , 2017 ONCA 179 at paras 58-59. 45 R v McSweeney , 2020 ONCA 2 at para 72. 46 R v Plaha , supra note 6 at para 49. © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 40 Charter Remedies in Criminal C......
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    ...2018 ONCA 1062 ...................... 231 McLean, R v, 2020 ONSC 622 ................................................ 135 McSweeney, R v, 2020 ONCA 2 .............................................. 39 © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. Table of Cases 253 Meer, R v, 20......
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    ...576 McQueen , R v , 1975 CanLII 1373, 25 CCC (2d) 262 (Alta CA) ..................................... 503-4 McSweeney , R v , 2020 ONCA 2 .................................................... 664, 669, 672, 691 Mediati , R v , 2018 ONC J 164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......
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