R. v. Murtaza

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Kasirer, Nicholas
Citation2021 SCC 4
Docket Number39134
Date21 January 2021

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7 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 7 ' 11, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 14, 2023
    ...Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, Rankin (Rankin's Garage & Sales) v. J.J., 2018 SCC 19, Nelson (City) v. Marchi, 2021 SCC 4, Frazer v. Haukioja, 2010 ONCA 249, Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32, Saadati v. Moorhead, 2017 SCC 28, Phillip v. Bablitz, 2011 ABCA 383, Price v. Milaws......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 22-26, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 1, 2025
    ...Group Inc. v. Veritas Investment Research Corp., 2017 ONCA 85, Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada Ltd., 2008 SCC 27, Nelson (City) v. Marchi, 2021 SCC 4, Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, Spillane (Litigation Guardian of) v. Wasserman (1998), 41 C.C.L.T. (2......
  • Examination of Witnesses
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...e to be played then this should be done in the absence of the jury ( Ruddick at 444). 243 R v Murtaza , 2020 ABCA 158 at paras 3-5, aff ’ d 2021 SCC 4 (adopting concurring reasons). T he dissent did not take issue with the fact that a video (and still photograph) showing a drug transaction ......
  • Identification Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...and will be admissible. This includes eyewitness identification evidence. See also R v Murtaza , 2020 ABCA 158 at note 5, appeal dismissed 2021 SCC 4. This evidence is to be distinguished from after‑the‑fact recognition evidence, another type of opinion evidence that is presumptively inadmi......
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3 cases
  • R v Steadman
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 6, 2021
    ...and overriding error: R v Murtaza, 2020 ABCA 158 per Wakeling JA at paras 10-12 (including footnotes 19, 24), 453 DLR (4th) 550, affirmed 2021 SCC 4 at para 1, 400 CCC (3d) 274 (the Supreme Court approved the reasons of Rowbotham JA at para 15 who agreed on this issue with the reasons of Wa......
  • King v MacDonald
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • December 16, 2022
    ...Courts in Canada continually state the importance of full and accurate financial disclosure in family litigation. In Colucci v Colucci, 2021 SCC 4, the Supreme Court of Canada stated that timely and complete financial disclosure is “the linchpin of a just and effective family law sys......
  • MYW v DTW
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 7, 2021
    ...It is, as our Supreme Court has recently said, “the linchpin of a just and effective family law system”; Colucci v Colucci, 2021 SCC 4 at para [12]        The Father had no adequate excuse for the delay of 2½ years. Even at the final hea......
2 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 7 ' 11, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 14, 2023
    ...Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, Rankin (Rankin's Garage & Sales) v. J.J., 2018 SCC 19, Nelson (City) v. Marchi, 2021 SCC 4, Frazer v. Haukioja, 2010 ONCA 249, Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32, Saadati v. Moorhead, 2017 SCC 28, Phillip v. Bablitz, 2011 ABCA 383, Price v. Milaws......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 22-26, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 1, 2025
    ...Group Inc. v. Veritas Investment Research Corp., 2017 ONCA 85, Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada Ltd., 2008 SCC 27, Nelson (City) v. Marchi, 2021 SCC 4, Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, Spillane (Litigation Guardian of) v. Wasserman (1998), 41 C.C.L.T. (2......
2 books & journal articles
  • Examination of Witnesses
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...e to be played then this should be done in the absence of the jury ( Ruddick at 444). 243 R v Murtaza , 2020 ABCA 158 at paras 3-5, aff ’ d 2021 SCC 4 (adopting concurring reasons). T he dissent did not take issue with the fact that a video (and still photograph) showing a drug transaction ......
  • Identification Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...and will be admissible. This includes eyewitness identification evidence. See also R v Murtaza , 2020 ABCA 158 at note 5, appeal dismissed 2021 SCC 4. This evidence is to be distinguished from after‑the‑fact recognition evidence, another type of opinion evidence that is presumptively inadmi......