R. v. Parsley (S.), (2015) 361 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 338 (NLPC)

• Judge: Orr, P.C.J.
• Court: Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court (Canada)
• Case Date: January 07, 2015
• Jurisdiction: Newfoundland and Labrador
• Citations: (2015), 361 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 338 (NLPC)

R. v. Parsley (S.) (2015), 361 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 338 (NLPC);

    1122 A.P.R. 338

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Temp. Cite: [2015] Nfld. & P.E.I.R. TBEd. JA.025

Stephen Parsley (applicant) v. Her Majesty the Queen (respondent)

(Docket: 0114PA01470)

Indexed As: R. v. Parsley (S.)

Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court

Orr, P.C.J.

January 23, 2015.

Summary:

The accused was charged with drug offences. He applied to exclude evidence obtained from a search of his residence. He asserted that the search warrant should not have been issued and consequently, his s. 8 Charter rights had been violated.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court allowed the application. There was a violation of s. 8 of the Charter.

Criminal Law - Topic 3097

Special powers - Issue of search warrants - Contents of information or application for issue of - The accused was charged with drug offences - He applied to exclude evidence obtained from a search of his residence - He asserted that the search warrant should not have been issued and consequently, his s. 8 Charter rights had been violated - The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court allowed the application - In this case, there were two informants, source A and source B - The sources gave different descriptions of the accused's property and therefore, it made it impossible to conclude that there were drugs on the accused's property - As a result, the court could not find that the Information to Obtain met the threshold of credibly based probability - The search warrant should not have been issued and the court quashed it - Consequently, there was a violation of s. 8 of the Charter.

Criminal Law - Topic 3183

Special powers - Setting aside search warrants - Grounds - Information - Sufficiency of form and content - [See Criminal Law - Topic 3097 ].

Narcotic Control - Topic 2027

Search and seizure - Search warrants - Form and contents - [See Criminal Law - Topic 3097 ].

Narcotic Control - Topic 2043

Search and seizure - Setting aside search warrants - Grounds - Information - Sufficiency of form and contents - [See Criminal Law - Topic 3097 ].

Cases Noticed:

R. v. Garofoli et al., [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1421; 116 N.R. 241; 43 O.A.C. 1; 36 Q.A.C. 161; 1990 CanLII 52, refd to. [para. 3].

Simonyi-Gindele et al. v. Sliter et al. (1991), 2 B.C.A.C. 73; 5 W.A.C. 73; 1991 CarswellBC 1102 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. Saunders (G.T.) (2003), 232 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 22; 690 A.P.R. 22; 2003 NLCA 63, refd to. [para. 6].

R. v. Morelli - see R. v. U.P.M.

R. v. U.P.M. (2010), 399 N.R. 200; 346 Sask.R. 1; 477 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 7].

R. v. Durling (J.C.) (2006), 249 N.S.R.(2d) 229; 792 A.P.R. 229 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 9].

R. v. Shiers (J.G.) (2003), 219 N.S.R.(2d) 196; 692 A.P.R. 196 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 10].

R. v. Plant (R.S.), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 281; 157 N.R. 321; 145 A.R. 104; 55 W.A.C. 104; 1993 CanLII 70, refd to. [para. 13].

R. v. Wiley (R.W.), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 263; 158 N.R. 321; 34 B.C.A.C. 135; 56 W.A.C. 135; 1993 CanLII 69, refd to. [para. 13].

R. v. Grant (D.), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 223; 159 N.R. 161; 35 B.C.A.C. 1; 57 W.A.C. 1; 1993 CanLII 68, refd to. [para. 13].

R. v. Newman (R.G.) (2014), 358 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 153; 1113 A.P.R. 153; 2014 NLCA 48, refd to. [para. 23].

R. v. Simmonds (R.M.) (2010), 301 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 126; 932 A.P.R. 126 (N.L.T.D.(G.)), refd to. [para. 30].

Counsel:

Rosellen Sullivan, for the applicant;

R. Neil Smith for the respondent.

This application was heard at St. John's, N.L., on January 7, 2015, by Orr, P.C.J., of the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court, who delivered the following oral reasons for judgment on January 23, 2015.