R. v. A.S.

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeRoberts, Paciocco and Harvison Young JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 229
Date19 March 2020
Docket NumberC65565

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29 practice notes
  • Veracity as a Factor of Credibility
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...52 (emphasis in original). 70 R v MacKenzie , 2020 ONCA 646 at para 34. 71 R v Cooke , 2020 NSCA 66 at paras 7, 17, 32-35. 72 R v AS , 2020 ONCA 229 at para 59. 73 R v Batte , 2000 CanLII 5751, 145 CCC (3d) 449 at para 121 (Ont CA). 74 R v Gerrard , 2022 SCC 13 at para 5. 75 R v Gerrard , 2......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...99, 100, 101, 103 R v Arradi, [2003] 1 SCR 280 ....................................................................... 29, 403 R v AS, 2020 ONCA 229 ......................................................................................631 R v Asante-Mensah, [2003] 2 SCR 3 ........................
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...82853 (Ont Sup Ct J) ............. 204 Arsenault , R v , 2016 NBCA 47 ................................................. 243 AS , R v , 2020 ONCA 229 ..................................................... 269 Attia , R v , 2020 ABQB 407 .................................................... 292......
  • Examination of Witnesses
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...circumstantial evidence: R v Kalai , 2020 NSSC 351 at para 14, referencing R v Lola , 2020 SKCA 103 at para 60. See also R v AS , 2020 ONCA 229 at paras 28-31. 350 See e.g. Canada Evidence Act , s 31.1 (regarding electronic documents) addressed in greater detail in Chapter 12. 351 Bulldog ,......
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  • R. v. Swain
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • May 26, 2021
    ...credibility. [30] Notwithstanding some recent ambiguity in the case law (see e.g., R. v. Cooke, 2020 NSCA 66 at para. 17; R. v. A.S., 2020 ONCA 229 at para. 59; R. v. S.H., 2020 ONCA 34 at para. 11), it has been held that a trier of fact is entitled to consider an absence of evidence of mot......
  • R. v. Taylor
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • April 28, 2021
    ...2020 NSCA 66. [12] It is important to take note of footnote number one in that decision, which reads: “Pacioccio JA’s comments in R v AS, 2020 ONCA 229, and the court’s comments in R v SH, 2020 ONCA 34, arguably could be interpreted as being to the contrary. However, the issue of motive to ......
  • R. v. Taheri
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 10, 2023
    ...at para. 44; R. v. Bartholomew, 2019 ONCA 377, 375 C.C.C. (3d) 534, at paras. 22-23; R. v. S.H., 2020 ONCA 34, at para. 11; R. v. A.S., 2020 ONCA 229, at para. [83]  In the present case, it was not argued nor did the trial judge find that there was a proven absence of a motive to fabri......
  • R v. Smart
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 20, 2022
    ...the witness's prior consistent statement as corroborating their in-court testimony: Dinardo, at para. 40; K.T., at para. 68; R. v. A.S., 2020 ONCA 229, at para. 52. [159] I note all of this to demonstrate my appreciation of the limited use that I can make of any evidence concerning Ms. J's ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 16 – March 20, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 1, 2020
    ...Confinement, Stay of Proceedings, Delay, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 11(b), R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 R. v. A.S., 2020 ONCA 229 (Publication Ban) Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, Evidence, Corroboration, R. v. Lohrer, 2004 SCC 80, R. v. Sheppard, 2002 SCC 26 R. v. J.C......
11 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Qualifying and Challenging Expert Evidence Appendixes
    • May 2, 2022
    ...148, 243 Ares v Venner , [1970] SCR 608, 1970 CanLII 5 .............................................. 232 AS , R v , 2020 ONCA 229 .......................................................... 240, 242 Asante-Mensah , R v , 2003 SCC 38 ........................................................ 1......
  • Veracity as a Factor of Credibility
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...52 (emphasis in original). 70 R v MacKenzie , 2020 ONCA 646 at para 34. 71 R v Cooke , 2020 NSCA 66 at paras 7, 17, 32-35. 72 R v AS , 2020 ONCA 229 at para 59. 73 R v Batte , 2000 CanLII 5751, 145 CCC (3d) 449 at para 121 (Ont CA). 74 R v Gerrard , 2022 SCC 13 at para 5. 75 R v Gerrard , 2......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...99, 100, 101, 103 R v Arradi, [2003] 1 SCR 280 ....................................................................... 29, 403 R v AS, 2020 ONCA 229 ......................................................................................631 R v Asante-Mensah, [2003] 2 SCR 3 ........................
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment Part III
    • May 3, 2023
    ...82853 (Ont Sup Ct J) ............. 204 Arsenault , R v , 2016 NBCA 47 ................................................. 243 AS , R v , 2020 ONCA 229 ..................................................... 269 Attia , R v , 2020 ABQB 407 .................................................... 292......
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