R v Schlechter

JurisdictionSaskatchewan
CourtCourt of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
JudgeCaldwell, Herauf and Whitmore JJ.A.
Citation2018 SKCA 45
Docket NumberCACR2979
Date11 June 2018

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  • Digest: R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • June 18, 2018
    ...as: 2018 SKCA 45 Docket Number: CA17156 , CACR 2979 Court: Court of Appeal Date: 2018-06-18 Judges: Caldwell Herauf Whitmore Subjects: Criminal Law � Motor Vehicle Offences � Driving with Blood Alcohol Exceeding .08 � Acquittal � Appeal Constitutional Law � Charter of Rights, Section 8, Sec......
  • R. v. Anderson
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • March 27, 2026
    ...Although involving a factual matrix regarding the presence of residual mouth alcohol, the recent decision of R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45 [Schlechter], provides some useful guidance regarding the assessment of the reliability of an ASD fail reading in terms of reasonable grounds. In my view......
  • R. v. McGuire
    • Canada
    • Territorial Court of Yukon (Canada)
    • February 18, 2025
    ...duty on the police to make such enquiries (p. 298). 12  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reiterated this principle in R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45 at para. 13  In R v Notaro, 2018 ONCA 449 ("Notaro"), the Ontario Court of Appeal went further. It determined that, as a police office......
  • R v Scarizzi
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Yukon)
    • June 22, 2022
    ...duty on the police to make such enquiries (p. 298). [12] The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reiterated this principle in R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45 at para. [13] In R v Notaro, 2018 ONCA 449 (“Notaro”), the Ontario Court of Appeal went further. It determined that, as a police officer is not......
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4 cases
  • R. v. Anderson
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • March 27, 2026
    ...Although involving a factual matrix regarding the presence of residual mouth alcohol, the recent decision of R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45 [Schlechter], provides some useful guidance regarding the assessment of the reliability of an ASD fail reading in terms of reasonable grounds. In my view......
  • R. v. McGuire
    • Canada
    • Territorial Court of Yukon (Canada)
    • February 18, 2025
    ...duty on the police to make such enquiries (p. 298). 12  The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reiterated this principle in R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45 at para. 13  In R v Notaro, 2018 ONCA 449 ("Notaro"), the Ontario Court of Appeal went further. It determined that, as a police office......
  • R v Scarizzi
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Yukon)
    • June 22, 2022
    ...duty on the police to make such enquiries (p. 298). [12] The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reiterated this principle in R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45 at para. [13] In R v Notaro, 2018 ONCA 449 (“Notaro”), the Ontario Court of Appeal went further. It determined that, as a police officer is not......
  • R. v. Scarizzi
    • Canada
    • Territorial Court of Yukon (Canada)
    • August 26, 2021
    ...belief in the reliability of the ASD was sufficient in that case. [38]        In R. v. Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45, the Court specifically rejected the argument that a smell of alcohol and admission of drinking by the driver, in conjunction with the police of......
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  • Digest: R v Schlechter, 2018 SKCA 45
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • June 18, 2018
    ...as: 2018 SKCA 45 Docket Number: CA17156 , CACR 2979 Court: Court of Appeal Date: 2018-06-18 Judges: Caldwell Herauf Whitmore Subjects: Criminal Law � Motor Vehicle Offences � Driving with Blood Alcohol Exceeding .08 � Acquittal � Appeal Constitutional Law � Charter of Rights, Section 8, Sec......