R. v. Murtaza
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Kasirer, Nicholas |
| Citation | 2021 SCC 4 |
| Docket Number | 39134 |
| Date | 21 January 2021 |
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7 practice notes
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 7 ' 11, 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......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 22-26, 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......
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Examination of Witnesses
...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 ......
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Identification Evidence
...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
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R v Steadman
...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......
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King v MacDonald
...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......
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MYW v DTW
...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
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 7 ' 11, 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......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 22-26, 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
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Examination of Witnesses
...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 ......
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Identification Evidence
...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......