R. v. Othman,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeSimmons, Juriansz and Benotto JJ.A.
Citation2018 ONCA 1073
Docket NumberC63251
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Date24 December 2018

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20 practice notes
  • Self-Incrimination
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • 25 Junio 2020
    ...unfair pressure of the inducement, rather than a freely made choice to speak, that “caused or led to the statement.” 236 229 R v Othman , 2018 ONCA 1073 [ Othman ]. 230 Spencer , above note 182. 231 Ibid at paras 20–21. And see Heatley , above note 222, where the accused was mature, self-co......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • 25 Junio 2020
    ...420, 443, 457 R v Osolin, [1993] 4 SCR 595, 26 CR (4th) 1 ....................... 53, 548, 596, 598, 695 R v Othman, 2018 ONCA 1073 .................................................................... 434–35 Table of Cases 735 R v Otis (2000), 151 CCC (3d) 416 (Que CA), leave to appeal ref’......
  • Confessions and Self-Incrimination
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • 3 Mayo 2021
    ...they planned to involve Children’s Aid to take custody of his children 78 Ibid at para 18, Pardu JA. 79 Ibid at para 21. 80 R v Othman , 2018 ONCA 1073. 81 Ibid at para 14. 82 R v Turcotte , 2005 SCC 50, [2005] 2 SCR 519. 83 Othman , supra note 80 at para 25. In R v Garnier , 2020 NSCA 52 ,......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • 3 Mayo 2021
    ...458 Osolin , R v , [1993] 4 SCR 595 ............................................ 362, 363, 372 Othman , R v , 2018 ONCA 1073 ...................................................432 Otis , R v , 2000 CanLII 11367 (Qc CA) ..............................................436 Otto , R v , 2019 ONSC......
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15 cases
  • R v Den Ouden, 2023 ABKB 85
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 11 Enero 2023
    ...Police inducements can involve both promises and threats at the same time: R v Wabason, 2018 ONCA 187 at para 14; R v Othman, 2018 ONCA 1073 at para 16; R v Roberts, 2022 ABKB 748 at paras [23]           An inducement can relate to leniency ......
  • R v Roberts, 2022 ABKB 748
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 10 Noviembre 2022
    ...v. Hankey, [2008] O.J. No. 2548 (S.C.) at paras. 32-37. [130]       In R v Othman, 2018 ONCA 1073 [Othman], the Ontario Court of Appeal similarly held that “police assertions to the effect that an accused’s credibility is ......
  • 2023 ONCA 3
    • Canada
    • 1 Enero 2023
    ...quo inducement. The trial judge's finding that he had not done so is entirely reasonable. 56 Nor does the decision in R. v. Othman, 2018 ONCA 1073, 371 C.C.C. (3d) 121, assist Mr. Fattore. In Othman, the police provided Mr. Othman with legally incorrect information by telling him that ......
  • R v Agotic, 2020 ABQB 609
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 14 Octubre 2020
    ...finder would take a negative view of a refusal to speak “are legally incorrect and undermine the accused’s right to silence”: R v Othman, 2018 ONCA 1073, 371 CCC (3d) 121, para 16. Suggestions that refusals to comment being watched on a video recording in court may have negative legal conse......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 24 – 28, 2018)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 7 Enero 2019
    ...C.C.C. (3d) 347, Jurisdiction, Criminal Code, s. 478, Evidence, Admissibility, Hearsay, Criminal Code, s. 686(1)(b)(iii) R. v. Othman, 2018 ONCA 1073 Keywords: Criminal Law, Second-Degree Murder, Defences, Self-Defence, Provocation, Evidence, Admissibility, Prior Statements, Voluntariness, ......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • 3 Mayo 2021
    ...458 Osolin , R v , [1993] 4 SCR 595 ............................................ 362, 363, 372 Othman , R v , 2018 ONCA 1073 ...................................................432 Otis , R v , 2000 CanLII 11367 (Qc CA) ..............................................436 Otto , R v , 2019 ONSC......
  • Self-Incrimination
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • 25 Junio 2020
    ...unfair pressure of the inducement, rather than a freely made choice to speak, that “caused or led to the statement.” 236 229 R v Othman , 2018 ONCA 1073 [ Othman ]. 230 Spencer , above note 182. 231 Ibid at paras 20–21. And see Heatley , above note 222, where the accused was mature, self-co......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • 25 Junio 2020
    ...420, 443, 457 R v Osolin, [1993] 4 SCR 595, 26 CR (4th) 1 ....................... 53, 548, 596, 598, 695 R v Othman, 2018 ONCA 1073 .................................................................... 434–35 Table of Cases 735 R v Otis (2000), 151 CCC (3d) 416 (Que CA), leave to appeal ref’......
  • Confessions and Self-Incrimination
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • 3 Mayo 2021
    ...they planned to involve Children’s Aid to take custody of his children 78 Ibid at para 18, Pardu JA. 79 Ibid at para 21. 80 R v Othman , 2018 ONCA 1073. 81 Ibid at para 14. 82 R v Turcotte , 2005 SCC 50, [2005] 2 SCR 519. 83 Othman , supra note 80 at para 25. In R v Garnier , 2020 NSCA 52 ,......