R v. Olynik

JurisdictionSaskatchewan
CourtCourt of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
Neutral Citation2025 SKCA 51
Citation2025 SKCA 51
Docket NumberCACR3543; CACR3546
Date21 May 2025

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5 practice notes
  • R. v. Ritzand
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • January 30, 2026
    ...Kalmakoff J.A. provides helpful guidance on these obligations in R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51 at para 134 [Olynik]; and in R v Kachroo, 2025 SKCA 80 at paras 11-15 [Kachroo]. See also: R v Chicoine, 2019 SKCA 104 at paras 66–68 [Chicoine]; R v T.F., 2019 SKCA 82 at paras 59–60; and R v Dillon, ......
  • R v. Herman
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • June 25, 2025
    ...it was insufficient to ground a conviction and, as such, the verdict is unreasonable. [27] A similar argument was made in R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51 [Olynik]. As Kalmakoff J.A. discussed, where a verdict based on circumstantial evidence is challenged on appeal, an appellate court does not ret......
  • R v. Lerat
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 15, 2025
    ...545. Since Stettner, this Court has released two additional decisions following and applying the principles in Stettner: see R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51, and R v Herman, 2025 SKCA 67. [24]        Following G.D.B., the Court observed in Stettner that it has be......
  • R v. Ungar
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 14, 2025
    ...of fact that were made, including any inferences the trier of fact drew upon, so long as they applied the law correctly (see R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51 at para 35 [Olynik], leave to appeal to SCC requested). [16]        The test for whether a verdict is unre......
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  • R. v. Ritzand
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • January 30, 2026
    ...Kalmakoff J.A. provides helpful guidance on these obligations in R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51 at para 134 [Olynik]; and in R v Kachroo, 2025 SKCA 80 at paras 11-15 [Kachroo]. See also: R v Chicoine, 2019 SKCA 104 at paras 66–68 [Chicoine]; R v T.F., 2019 SKCA 82 at paras 59–60; and R v Dillon, ......
  • R v. Herman
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • June 25, 2025
    ...it was insufficient to ground a conviction and, as such, the verdict is unreasonable. [27] A similar argument was made in R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51 [Olynik]. As Kalmakoff J.A. discussed, where a verdict based on circumstantial evidence is challenged on appeal, an appellate court does not ret......
  • R v. Lerat
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 15, 2025
    ...545. Since Stettner, this Court has released two additional decisions following and applying the principles in Stettner: see R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51, and R v Herman, 2025 SKCA 67. [24]        Following G.D.B., the Court observed in Stettner that it has be......
  • R v. Ungar
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 14, 2025
    ...of fact that were made, including any inferences the trier of fact drew upon, so long as they applied the law correctly (see R v Olynik, 2025 SKCA 51 at para 35 [Olynik], leave to appeal to SCC requested). [16]        The test for whether a verdict is unre......
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