R v Stephan

CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Fraser,The Honourable Madam Justice Marina Paperny,The Honourable Mr. Justice Peter Martin
Neutral Citation2021 ABCA 82
Citation2021 ABCA 82
Date08 March 2021
Docket Number1901-0313A; 1901-0314A

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11 practice notes
  • Opinion Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...28. 251 K, A , supra note 2 at para 73; Bruff‑Murphy , ibid at paras 62-64. 252 Abbey 2009 , supra note 3 at para 77. 253 R v Stephan , 2021 ABCA 82 at paras 120-30; R v SL , 2020 ONSC 4036 at para 79: It was difficult to “ distinguish what evidence applied to which argument, since the defe......
  • The Prohibited Act, or Actus Reus
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ...Rather, the ofence as written only requires that the failure to act would endanger life or permanently endanger health. R v Stephan , 2021 ABCA 82 at paras 63–64 and 69. 163 R v Naglik , [1993] 3 SCR 122. 164 Code , above note 3, s 219. 165 Ibid , ss 222(5)(a)–(b). CRIMINAL LAW 134 Those wh......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ...133 R v Stephan, 2018 SCC 21 .......................................................................... 133, 486 R v Stephan, 2021 ABCA 82 ............................................................................... 133 Table of Cases 637 R v Stephens (1991), 27 MVR (2d) 24 (Ont CA) ..........
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Offences Against Children, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2023
    ...(CA) .................................... 307 Stephan , R v , 2017 ABCA 380, rev’d 2018 SCC 21, retried 2019 ABQB 715, new trial ordered 2021 ABCA 82 , leave to appeal to the SCC dismissed, [2021] SCCA No 161 (QL) .... 334, 337, 347-48 © [2023] Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Rese......
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7 cases
  • R v Cormier
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 28, 2023
    ...of a trial judge which gives rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias renders the trial unfair and the verdict cannot stand: R v Stephan, 2021 ABCA 82 at para 5; R v SRD, 1997 CanLII 324, [1997] 3 SCR 484, at paras 94, 57 As noted earlier, the standard of review where apprehension of bias ......
  • R v Morgan
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 31, 2024
    ...submits to be a proper range of sentence, the appellant's counsel refers to Beatty and to the decision of this Court in R v Stephan, 2021 ABCA 82 at para 102, 402 CCC (3d) 73, (not a driving offence) to underline the difference between dangerous operation causing death as an offence and cri......
  • Emmons v Alberta (Workers' Compensation Board)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • March 6, 2024
    ...be considered in the context of the circumstances, and in light of the whole proceeding”: R v S(RD), [1997] 3 SCR 484 at 541; R v Stephan, 2021 ABCA 82 at para 25 The appellant's first argument in support of the bias allegation is that, near the start of the hearing, the chambers judge comm......
  • 2025 ABCJ 149
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...leave to appeal to SCC refused, 38445 (April 11, 2019). 8 Wang, supra, at para 6. 9 JLZ v CMZ, 2021 ABCA 200, at para 31. 10 R v Stephan, 2021 ABCA 82, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 39666 and 39667 (August 4, 2022), at para 110. 11 Stephan, supra, at para 111. 12 Zak v Zak, 2021 ABQB 80, ......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Opinion Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...28. 251 K, A , supra note 2 at para 73; Bruff‑Murphy , ibid at paras 62-64. 252 Abbey 2009 , supra note 3 at para 77. 253 R v Stephan , 2021 ABCA 82 at paras 120-30; R v SL , 2020 ONSC 4036 at para 79: It was difficult to “ distinguish what evidence applied to which argument, since the defe......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Offences Against Children, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2023
    ...(CA) .................................... 307 Stephan , R v , 2017 ABCA 380, rev’d 2018 SCC 21, retried 2019 ABQB 715, new trial ordered 2021 ABCA 82 , leave to appeal to the SCC dismissed, [2021] SCCA No 161 (QL) .... 334, 337, 347-48 © [2023] Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Rese......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ...133 R v Stephan, 2018 SCC 21 .......................................................................... 133, 486 R v Stephan, 2021 ABCA 82 ............................................................................... 133 Table of Cases 637 R v Stephens (1991), 27 MVR (2d) 24 (Ont CA) ..........
  • The Prohibited Act, or Actus Reus
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • September 1, 2022
    ...Rather, the ofence as written only requires that the failure to act would endanger life or permanently endanger health. R v Stephan , 2021 ABCA 82 at paras 63–64 and 69. 163 R v Naglik , [1993] 3 SCR 122. 164 Code , above note 3, s 219. 165 Ibid , ss 222(5)(a)–(b). CRIMINAL LAW 134 Those wh......
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