R v SMC, 2020 ABCA 19

JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Patricia Rowbotham,The Honourable Madam Justice Michelle Crighton,The Honourable Mr. Justice Kevin Feehan
Date21 January 2020
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Docket Number1801-0345-A
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  • R v Mehari, 2020 SKCA 37
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • 31 Marzo 2020
    ...3 SCR 687). [30] Being a question of law, the standard of review on this issue is one of correctness: Quartey at para 15; R v S.M.C., 2020 ABCA 19 at para 20; R v C.A.M., 2017 MBCA 70 at para 33, 354 CCC (3d) 100. [31] The “uneven scrutiny” claim is not easily established. The mere fact tha......
  • R v Mela,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 3 Febrero 2021
    ...a question of law if the reasons reveal misapplication of the proper burden of proof and its associated standard of proof: R v C(SM), 2020 ABCA 19 at paras 18, 22-25, 5 Alta LR (7th) 47. The outgrowth from W(D) of the so-called ‘uneven scrutiny’ argument is not expressly invoked here but th......
  • R v Mavros, 2020 ABCA 436
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 7 Diciembre 2020
    ...42, 430 DLR (4th) 381, aff’d 2018 SCC 59, [2018] 3 SCR 687; R v Wanihadie, 2019 ABCA 402, para 22, 99 Alta LR (6th) 56; R v SMC, 2020 ABCA 19, para [12]           Trial fairness is a question of law. A trial must be conducted fairly. ......
  • R v Badger,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • 1 Septiembre 2021
    ...an articulation of why the accused’s evidence is self-serving or why, overall, the accused is found not to be credible: R v SMC, 2020 ABCA 19. However, a simple denial is consistent with the presumption of innocence and to reject it as self-serving, without more, would undermine that......
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  • R v Mehari, 2020 SKCA 37
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • 31 Marzo 2020
    ...3 SCR 687). [30] Being a question of law, the standard of review on this issue is one of correctness: Quartey at para 15; R v S.M.C., 2020 ABCA 19 at para 20; R v C.A.M., 2017 MBCA 70 at para 33, 354 CCC (3d) 100. [31] The “uneven scrutiny” claim is not easily established. The mere fact tha......
  • R v Mela,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 3 Febrero 2021
    ...a question of law if the reasons reveal misapplication of the proper burden of proof and its associated standard of proof: R v C(SM), 2020 ABCA 19 at paras 18, 22-25, 5 Alta LR (7th) 47. The outgrowth from W(D) of the so-called ‘uneven scrutiny’ argument is not expressly invoked here but th......
  • R v Mavros, 2020 ABCA 436
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 7 Diciembre 2020
    ...42, 430 DLR (4th) 381, aff’d 2018 SCC 59, [2018] 3 SCR 687; R v Wanihadie, 2019 ABCA 402, para 22, 99 Alta LR (6th) 56; R v SMC, 2020 ABCA 19, para [12]           Trial fairness is a question of law. A trial must be conducted fairly. ......
  • R v Badger,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • 1 Septiembre 2021
    ...an articulation of why the accused’s evidence is self-serving or why, overall, the accused is found not to be credible: R v SMC, 2020 ABCA 19. However, a simple denial is consistent with the presumption of innocence and to reject it as self-serving, without more, would undermine that......
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