R. v. Spencer (M.D.)

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, C.J.C., LeBel, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner, JJ.
Citation[2014] N.R. TBEd. JN.010,2014 SCC 43,312 CCC (3d) 215,[2014] 2 SCR 212,375 DLR (4th) 255,[2014] SCJ No 43 (QL)
Date13 June 2014
Subject MatterCRIMINAL LAW,CIVIL RIGHTS

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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 31, 2019
    ...Bushman, [1968] 4 C.C.C. 17; Hunter v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145; R. v. Tessling, 2004 SCC 67, [2004] 3 S.C.R. 432; R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 212; R. v. Plant, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 281; R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 34; R. v. Silveira, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 29......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
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    ...SCC 53, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 34; R. v. Aucoin, 2012 SCC 66, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 408; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 657; R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 212; R. v. Fearon, 2014 SCC 77, [2014] 3 S.C.R. Statutes and Regulations Cited Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 7 ,......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 1, 2024
    ...Referred to: R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 212 ; Hunter v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145 ; R. v. Marakah, 2017 SCC 59 , [2017] 2 S.C.R. 608 ; R. v. Reeves, 2018 SCC 56 , [2018] 3 S.C.R. 531 ; R. v. Tessling, 2004 SCC 67 , [2004] 3 S.C.R. 432 ; R. v. Edwards, [1996......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 31, 2019
    ...Bushman, [1968] 4 C.C.C. 17; Hunter v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145; R. v. Tessling, 2004 SCC 67, [2004] 3 S.C.R. 432; R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 212; R. v. Plant, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 281; R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 34; R. v. Silveira, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 29......
  • R. v. Paterson
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 17, 2017
    ...SCC 53, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 34; R. v. Aucoin, 2012 SCC 66, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 408; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 657; R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 212; R. v. Fearon, 2014 SCC 77, [2014] 3 S.C.R. Statutes and Regulations Cited Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 7 ,......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 1, 2024
    ...Referred to: R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 212 ; Hunter v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145 ; R. v. Marakah, 2017 SCC 59 , [2017] 2 S.C.R. 608 ; R. v. Reeves, 2018 SCC 56 , [2018] 3 S.C.R. 531 ; R. v. Tessling, 2004 SCC 67 , [2004] 3 S.C.R. 432 ; R. v. Edwards, [1996......
  • R. v. Zacharias
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 1, 2023
    ...SKCA 63, 289 C.C.C. (3d) 145; R. v. Askov, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1199; R. v. Côté, 2011 SCC 46, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 215; R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 212; R. v. Taylor, 2014 SCC 50, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 495; R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 34; R. v. Kokesch, [1990] 3 S.C.......
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    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 24, 2018
    ...ss. 10 & 24, Criminal Code, s. 487, Telus Communications Company v. The Queen, 2013 SCC 16, R. v. Jones, 2017 SCC 60, R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, R. v. Pino, 2016 ONCA 389, R. v. Wittwer, 2008 SCC 33, R. v. Harris, 2007 ONCA 574, R. v. Grant, 2009 SCC 32 R v. C.R.A., 2018 ONCA 388 [Beno......
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    • Canada
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    ...Warrants, R v Marakah, 2017 SCC 59, R v Tsekouras, 2017 ONCA 290, R v Garofoli, [1990] 2 SCR 1421, R v Wu, 2015 ONCA 667, R v Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, R v Grant, 2009 SCC 32, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 8 and s 24(2), Criminal Code, RSC, 1985, c C-46, s 686(1)(b)(iii) CIVIL DECI......
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    • May 24, 2016
    ...Tessling [R. v. Tessliing, 2004 SCC 67] at para. 20; Patrick [R. v. Patrick, 2009 SCC 17] at para. 32; and Spencer [R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43] at para. 35. These three broad categories of privacy interests are “not strict or mutually exclusive” and often overlap (Spencer at para. 35). Thei......
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    ...June 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R. v. Spencer, 2014 SCC 43, yet another case about the limits of police search powers and Canadians' privacy rights in the Internet age. Perhaps the making of a "trilogy" of cases involving the search of computer files for ......
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    • Irwin Books Archive The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sixth Edition
    • June 22, 2021
    ...powers of electronic surveil-lance are exercised. 77 69 R v AM , 2008 SCC 19 [ AM ]; R v Kang-Brown , 2008 SCC 18 [ Kang-Brown ]. 70 2014 SCC 43. 71 R v Caslake , [1998] 1 SCR 51, 121 CCC (3d) 97. 72 R v Golden , [2001] 3 SCR 679, 207 DLR (4th) 18. To conduct a strip search, there must be r......
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    ...(CA) ................................ 15 R v Spence, [2005] 3 SCR 458, 202 CCC (3d) 1, 2005 SCC 71 ..................477, 478 R v Spencer, 2014 SCC 43 ................ 25, 82, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94–95, 97, 99–100, 104, 106, 107–9, 114–15, 175 R v Squires, 2016 NLCA 54 ...............................
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    • May 2, 2022
    ...68-69, 230 Spence, R v, 2005 SCC 71 ................................................... 218 Spencer, R v, 2014 SCC 43 ................................................... 47 Spiers, R v, 2012 ONCA 798 ............................................. 104, 169 Spindloe, R v, 2001 SKCA 58 ..............
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    ...dogs, all the 53 R v Duarte (1990), 53 CCC (3d) 1 (SCC) [ Duarte ]; R v Wong (1990), 60 CCC (3d) 460 (SCC) [ Wong ]. 54 R v Spencer , 2014 SCC 43. 55 R v Jones , 2017 SCC 60 at para 37; R v Marakah , 2017 SCC 59. 56 R v Tessling , [2004] 3 SCR 432. 57 R v Patrick , [2009] 1 SCR 579. 58 R v ......
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