R. v. Oppong

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeRouleau, van Rensburg and Miller JJ.A.
Neutral Citation2021 ONCA 352
Citation2021 ONCA 352
Date25 May 2021
Docket NumberC65486 & C64579

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8 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Appendixes
    • May 2, 2022
    ...136 Opoku-Mensah , R v , 2012 ONSC 7146 .................................................... 274 Oppong , R v , 2021 ONCA 352 .................................................. 161, 162, 165 Ormonde , R v , 2018 ONSC 1295 .......................................................... 98 Orr , R......
  • Police Experts
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Part II - Specific Types of Expert Evidence
    • May 2, 2022
    ...from co-conspirators or a group of offenders who sometimes act in concert: R v Venneri , 2012 SCC 33 at para 27. 72 R v Oppong , 2021 ONCA 352 at para 15. 73 Ibid at para 40; see also R v Phan , 2020 ONCA 298 at para 91. 74 Supra note 72 at para 48. © [2022] Emond Montgomery Publications. A......
  • R v Charley
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 24, 2025
    ...to kidnapping with a firearm, five years in relation to extortion with a firearm, one year in relation to assault with a weapon), aff'd 2021 ONCA 352, 156 O.R. (3d) 401, at paras. 91-95; R. v. Allison, 2021 ONSC 2455, at para. 57 (seven years in relation to trafficking 66 Mr. Charley was co......
  • R v Mohamed
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • September 5, 2025
    ...(3d) 138, at para. 47, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 263 ( Mills), and [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 264 ( Williams); R. v. Oppong, 2021 ONCA 352, 156 OR (3d) 401, at para. 34, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 142 In his reasons, the trial judge carefully outlined the law o......
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6 cases
  • R v Charley
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 24, 2025
    ...to kidnapping with a firearm, five years in relation to extortion with a firearm, one year in relation to assault with a weapon), aff'd 2021 ONCA 352, 156 O.R. (3d) 401, at paras. 91-95; R. v. Allison, 2021 ONSC 2455, at para. 57 (seven years in relation to trafficking 66 Mr. Charley was co......
  • R v Mohamed
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • September 5, 2025
    ...(3d) 138, at para. 47, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 263 ( Mills), and [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 264 ( Williams); R. v. Oppong, 2021 ONCA 352, 156 OR (3d) 401, at para. 34, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 142 In his reasons, the trial judge carefully outlined the law o......
  • R v Whitehawk
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 9, 2024
    ...extensively from a number of decisions, including R v Abbey, 2009 ONCA 624, 246 CCC (3d) 301; R v Gager, 2020 ONCA 274; and R v Oppong, 2021 ONCA 352, 404 CCC (3d) 428, all of which involved situations where police officers who were members of the investigating police service were permitted......
  • R v Al-Ramahi
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 16, 2024
    ...2 S.C.R. 716, at para. 63; R. v. Handy, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 908, 2002 SCC 56, at paras. 31-36, 49-55; R. v. Oppong (2021), 156 O.R. (3d) 401, 2021 ONCA 352, at para. 41, leave to appeal refused, [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 32 When considering the exceptional admission of such evidence, it is important ......
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  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Appendixes
    • May 2, 2022
    ...136 Opoku-Mensah , R v , 2012 ONSC 7146 .................................................... 274 Oppong , R v , 2021 ONCA 352 .................................................. 161, 162, 165 Ormonde , R v , 2018 ONSC 1295 .......................................................... 98 Orr , R......
  • Police Experts
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Part II - Specific Types of Expert Evidence
    • May 2, 2022
    ...from co-conspirators or a group of offenders who sometimes act in concert: R v Venneri , 2012 SCC 33 at para 27. 72 R v Oppong , 2021 ONCA 352 at para 15. 73 Ibid at para 40; see also R v Phan , 2020 ONCA 298 at para 91. 74 Supra note 72 at para 48. © [2022] Emond Montgomery Publications. A......