R v MR, 2019 ABQB 588

JudgeHonourable Mr. Justice John T. Henderson
Citation2019 ABQB 588
Docket Number170526271Q1
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
Date07 August 2019
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3 practice notes
  • Capital City News Group Ltd. v. British Columbia,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • 31 October 2022
    ...tool.  For example, it has been used as a verification tool in assessing the voluntariness of a confession (R. v. M.R., 2019 ABQB 588 at para. 78) and as a measure of reliability in the context of a Mr. Big undercover operation (see e.g. R. v. Hart, 2014 SCC 52 at para. 105; R. v. Lede......
  • R v Tessier, 2020 ABCA 289
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 4 August 2020
    ...by police and in the adversarial process of the trial: Oickle at para 69; Singh at para 35; R v Patterson, 2017 SCC 15 at para 15; R v MR 2019 ABQB 588 at paras 45-49. [26] The confessions rule also balances two important goals: protecting the rights of the accused without unduly limiting s......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 24 June 2021
    ...discuss the use of holdback information as a verification tool in assessing a confession, whether in relation to voluntariness (R v MR, 2019 ABQB 588), or as a measure of reliability in the context of a “Mr. Big” operation (R v Hart, 2014 SCC 52; R v Ledesma, 2020 ABQB 117). T......
3 cases
  • Capital City News Group Ltd. v. British Columbia,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • 31 October 2022
    ...tool.  For example, it has been used as a verification tool in assessing the voluntariness of a confession (R. v. M.R., 2019 ABQB 588 at para. 78) and as a measure of reliability in the context of a Mr. Big undercover operation (see e.g. R. v. Hart, 2014 SCC 52 at para. 105; R. v. Lede......
  • R v Tessier, 2020 ABCA 289
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 4 August 2020
    ...by police and in the adversarial process of the trial: Oickle at para 69; Singh at para 35; R v Patterson, 2017 SCC 15 at para 15; R v MR 2019 ABQB 588 at paras 45-49. [26] The confessions rule also balances two important goals: protecting the rights of the accused without unduly limiting s......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 24 June 2021
    ...discuss the use of holdback information as a verification tool in assessing a confession, whether in relation to voluntariness (R v MR, 2019 ABQB 588), or as a measure of reliability in the context of a “Mr. Big” operation (R v Hart, 2014 SCC 52; R v Ledesma, 2020 ABQB 117). T......

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