R. v. R.M.

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeHourigan, Miller and Nordheimer JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 231
Date19 March 2020
Docket NumberC66700 & C67200

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31 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Youth Criminal Justice Cases, 3rd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    .... 320 RLB , R v , 2013 CanLII 60982 (Nld Prov Ct) ................................................ 95 RM , R v , 2020 ONCA 231 .............................................................. 317 RMJT , R v , 2014 MBCA 36 ............................................................ . 222 Robi......
  • Sexual Offences
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
    • June 7, 2024
    ...for “another day.” Consent can still be raised as a defence to causing bodily harm where the harm was not intended and was 67 R v RM , 2020 ONCA 231 at para 52. 68 R v Bernard , supra note 14. The mental element of the defence was analyzed and the Court concluded that sexual assault causing......
  • Sentencing Young Persons
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...more appropriate to take these factors into account in the s. 72(1)(b) analysis, or in determining an appropriate sentence. 398 R v RM, 2020 ONCA 231 at para 29. 399 WM, supra note 308 at paras 27-29. 400 Supra note 76 at paras 53-54. 401 2018 BCCA 179 at paras 37-45. 402 2018 ABCA 214 at p......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...(Sup Ct J), af ’d 2007 ONCA 872, leave to appeal dismissed, [2008] SCCA No 91 ............................. 208, 218-19, 221 RM , R v , 2020 ONCA 231 ............................................................. 448 Roberts , R v , 2006 ABCA 113, leave to appeal refused, [2006] SCCA No 223 ......
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24 cases
  • R v. Olynik
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • May 21, 2025
    ...and assess the reasonableness of all plausible theories inconsistent with guilt (see: R v Roy, 2024 SKCA 98 at paras 41–46; and R v R.M., 2020 ONCA 231 at para 16, 387 CCC (3d) 55). However, circumstantial evidence does not need to completely exclude all other conceivable inferences in orde......
  • R. v. Herman
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • April 30, 2026
    ...2016 ONCA 684, R v Lumberjack, 2017 SKCA 106, R v Calnen, 2019 SCC 6, R v White, 2011 SCC 13, R v Villaroman, 2016 SCC 33, R v R.M., 2020 ONCA 231, R v Learning, 2019 SKCA 5, and R v Farnham, 2016 SKCA 111, Mr. Herman argues that, if the “judge had properly considered the record and evidenc......
  • R. v. Wisdom
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 18, 2024
    ...244, at para. 33. Uncertainty remains about the extent and intensity of the application of Coke’s principle in Ontario: see R. v. R.M., 2020 ONCA 231, 150 O.R. (3d) 369, at paras. I do not propose to settle the general controversy over the entire influence of Coke’s principle but as I expla......
  • R v. Bellerose
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • November 13, 2024
    ...than merely speculative in nature; they must be rooted in logic and experience as applied to the evidence or lack of evidence (R v R.M., 2020 ONCA 231 at para 16, 387 CCC (3d) 55). This means that the mere presence of a possible competing inference does not preclude a finding of guilt. If t......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 16 – March 20, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 1, 2020
    ...Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, Incest, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Sentencing, Criminal Code, s. 155(2), 161 R. v. R.M., 2020 ONCA 231 (Publication Ban) Keywords: Criminal Law, Gang Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault with a Weapon, Uttering Threats, Robbery, Sentencing, Coke Pri......
6 books & journal articles
  • Sentencing
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Youth Criminal Justice Cases, 3rd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...• At the time of the ofence were there any cognitive limitations or emotional or mental health issues? 426 Ibid at para 163. 427 R v RM , 2020 ONCA 231 at para 29. 428 R v WM , supra note 324 at paras 27-29. 429 Supra note 55 at paras 53-54. 430 2018 BCCA 179 at paras 37-45. 431 2018 ABCA 2......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Youth Criminal Justice Cases, 3rd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    .... 320 RLB , R v , 2013 CanLII 60982 (Nld Prov Ct) ................................................ 95 RM , R v , 2020 ONCA 231 .............................................................. 317 RMJT , R v , 2014 MBCA 36 ............................................................ . 222 Robi......
  • Sexual Offences
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
    • June 7, 2024
    ...for “another day.” Consent can still be raised as a defence to causing bodily harm where the harm was not intended and was 67 R v RM , 2020 ONCA 231 at para 52. 68 R v Bernard , supra note 14. The mental element of the defence was analyzed and the Court concluded that sexual assault causing......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
    • June 7, 2024
    ...496 RM , R v , [2017] OJ No 3597 (QL) (Ct J) ......................................... 102 RM , R v , 2020 ONCA 231 ...................................................... 46 RMJT , R v , 2014 MBCA 36 .................................................... 78 RMR , R v , 2019 BCSC 1093 . . . . ......
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