R v Richards, 2020 ABCA 63

JudgeThe Honourable Mr. Justice Jack Watson,The Honourable Madam Justice Michelle Crighton,The Honourable Madam Justice Dawn Pentelechuk
Citation2020 ABCA 63
Docket Number1803-0269-A
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Date10 February 2020
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9 practice notes
  • R v PO,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 21, 2021
    ...health or well-being of the complainant. [435] The Alberta Court of Appeal recently applied the Pootlass definition in R v Richards, 2020 ABCA 63, noting that finding a wound on the evidence is “ . . . a question of fact for a trier of fact whether the wounding or maiming effect is of such ......
  • R v Lofstrom, 2020 ABCA 109
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • March 13, 2020
    ...2012 SCC 22 at para 10, [2012] 1 SCR 746. Moreover, credibility assessment is not a “science”: R v Richards, [2020] AJ No 175 at para 9, 2020 ABCA 63. As such, “great deference” is shown to the trier of fact’s assessment of witness credibility: R v WH, 2013 SCC 22 at para 30, [2013] 2 SCR [......
  • R. v. Levac,
    • Canada
    • Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • February 14, 2022
    ...the application of the proper legal test.   This definition of wound was also adopted by the Alberta Court of Appeal in R v Richards, 2020 ABCA 63, 389 CCC (3d) [47]     The evidence before me reveals that after the physical encounter with Levac, Lavelle was bleedin......
  • 2023 ABPC 72,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2023
    ...that proof that the accused is probably guilty. Application of Principles 94 Having regard to the principles stated in R v Richards, 2020 ABCA 63, per curiam at paragraph 27, there is no issue in this case as to the stabbing of the Complainant being an aggravated assault in 95 The stabbing ......
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  • R v PO,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 21, 2021
    ...health or well-being of the complainant. [435] The Alberta Court of Appeal recently applied the Pootlass definition in R v Richards, 2020 ABCA 63, noting that finding a wound on the evidence is “ . . . a question of fact for a trier of fact whether the wounding or maiming effect is of such ......
  • R v Lofstrom, 2020 ABCA 109
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • March 13, 2020
    ...2012 SCC 22 at para 10, [2012] 1 SCR 746. Moreover, credibility assessment is not a “science”: R v Richards, [2020] AJ No 175 at para 9, 2020 ABCA 63. As such, “great deference” is shown to the trier of fact’s assessment of witness credibility: R v WH, 2013 SCC 22 at para 30, [2013] 2 SCR [......
  • R. v. Levac,
    • Canada
    • Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • February 14, 2022
    ...the application of the proper legal test.   This definition of wound was also adopted by the Alberta Court of Appeal in R v Richards, 2020 ABCA 63, 389 CCC (3d) [47]     The evidence before me reveals that after the physical encounter with Levac, Lavelle was bleedin......
  • 2023 ABPC 72,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2023
    ...that proof that the accused is probably guilty. Application of Principles 94 Having regard to the principles stated in R v Richards, 2020 ABCA 63, per curiam at paragraph 27, there is no issue in this case as to the stabbing of the Complainant being an aggravated assault in 95 The stabbing ......
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