R. v. Persaud,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeS.A.Q. AKHTAR J.
Citation2020 ONSC 3413
Docket NumberCR-19-30000083-00AP
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
Date08 June 2020

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22 practice notes
  • Right to Counsel: Implementational Obligations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...Edwards , supra note 232 at para 36; R v Wijesuriya , 2020 ONSC 253 at para 44; R v Canavan , 2019 ONCA 567 at paras 15-17; R v Persaud , 2020 ONSC 3413 at para 99. 247 R v Vernon , 2015 ONSC 3943 at para 48, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 2016 ONCA 211. 248 Edwards , supra note 232 at par......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...350 © 2025 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. Table of Cases 449 Persaud , R v , 2020 ONSC 3413 ..................................... 339, 394-99, 406 Peterkin , R v , 2015 ONCA 8 ................................................... 273 Peters , R v , 2018 ONCA 493 ...............
  • Rights to Counsel: Section 10(b) of the Charter
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2023
    ...citing R v Wolbeck , ibid ; see also R v Willier , 2008 ABCA 126 at para 6, aff’d 2010 SCC 37 . 70 See R v Ali , ibid . 71 R v Persaud , 2020 ONSC 3413 at para 81. 72 R v Persaud , ibid at paras 105-17. © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 510 Impaired Driving and Othe......
  • Right to Counsel: General Principles and Informational Obligations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...Ibid at paras 33, 34. 129 See R v Manuel , 2018 ONCJ 381 at paras 18-24. 130 See Beckles , supra note 106 at paras 80-82; R v Persaud , 2020 ONSC 3413 at paras 118-29. See also Koralov , supra note 113 at para 46. © 2025 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 340 Detention, Arr......
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17 cases
  • R. v. Iftikhar,
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
    • August 10, 2022
    ...No. 127 at para. 23 (C.J.), affd [2004] O.J. No. 1435, 70 O.R. (3d) 540 (S.C.J.). [2] R. v. Wijesuriya, 2020 ONSC 253, R. v. Persaud, 2020 ONSC 3413; R. v. Ruscica, 2019 ONSC [3] R. v. Marakah, 2017 SCC 59, [2017] SCJ No. 59 at para. 61. [4] Jhite at para. 92. [5] R. v. Grant, [2009] 2 S.C.......
  • R. v. Gardner,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 25, 2021
    ...have been several summary conviction appeal courts that have rejected this notion of an enhanced “minimum standard”: see R. v. Persaud, 2020 ONSC 3413, 464 C.R.R. (2d) 138, at paras. 89-101; R. v. Wijesuriya, 2020 ONSC 253, 459 C.R.R. (2d) 235, at paras. 40, 52,58-59, 73; R. v. Blackett, [2......
  • R. v. Dickson,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • September 24, 2021
    ...own lawyer by accessing a phone book, lawyers’ directory or the internet:  R. v. Wijesuriya, 2020 ONSC 253, R. v. Persaud, 2020 ONSC 3413; R. v. Ruscica, 2019 ONSC 2442.  [77]         In Wijesuriya, the accused gave the police the name and......
  • R v Maharaj,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • November 21, 2025
    ...police to provide a phone book, internet access or other search materials in the absence of a request from the detainee; R. v. Persaud, 2020 ONSC 3413, at paras. 107–117. The accused spoke to duty counsel both on the day of his arrest and the following morning. At the commencement of his in......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Right to Counsel: Implementational Obligations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...Edwards , supra note 232 at para 36; R v Wijesuriya , 2020 ONSC 253 at para 44; R v Canavan , 2019 ONCA 567 at paras 15-17; R v Persaud , 2020 ONSC 3413 at para 99. 247 R v Vernon , 2015 ONSC 3943 at para 48, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 2016 ONCA 211. 248 Edwards , supra note 232 at par......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...350 © 2025 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. Table of Cases 449 Persaud , R v , 2020 ONSC 3413 ..................................... 339, 394-99, 406 Peterkin , R v , 2015 ONCA 8 ................................................... 273 Peters , R v , 2018 ONCA 493 ...............
  • Rights to Counsel: Section 10(b) of the Charter
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2023
    ...citing R v Wolbeck , ibid ; see also R v Willier , 2008 ABCA 126 at para 6, aff’d 2010 SCC 37 . 70 See R v Ali , ibid . 71 R v Persaud , 2020 ONSC 3413 at para 81. 72 R v Persaud , ibid at paras 105-17. © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 510 Impaired Driving and Othe......
  • Right to Counsel: General Principles and Informational Obligations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • September 19, 2024
    ...Ibid at paras 33, 34. 129 See R v Manuel , 2018 ONCJ 381 at paras 18-24. 130 See Beckles , supra note 106 at paras 80-82; R v Persaud , 2020 ONSC 3413 at paras 118-29. See also Koralov , supra note 113 at para 46. © 2025 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 340 Detention, Arr......
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