R. v. Warsing

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeLamer, Antonio; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil
Date17 December 1998
Docket Number26303
Citation[1998] 3 SCR 579,JE 99-107,115 BCAC 214,21 CR (5th) 75,[1998] CarswellBC 2670,[1998] SCJ No 91 (QL),233 NR 319,[1998] ACS no 91,1998 CanLII 775 (SCC),40 WCB (2d) 261,130 CCC (3d) 259,59 BCLR (3d) 47,[1999] 6 WWR 372
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)

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  • R. v. Sapara (J.), 2002 ABQB 243
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen''s Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 1, 2002
    ...[1999] 5 W.W.R. 380, reving. (1997), 85 B.C.A.C. 303; 138 W.A.C. 303 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 104, footnote 31]. R. v. Warsing (K.L.), [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579; 233 N.R. 319; 115 B.C.A.C. 214; 189 W.A.C. 214; 21 C.R.(5th) 75, affing. (1997), 97 B.C.A.C. 137; 157 W.A.C. 137; 119 C.C.C.(3d) 385; 11......
  • Bent v. Platnick
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 10, 2020
    ...1 S.C.R. 616; Public School Boards’ Assn. of Alberta v. Alberta (Attorney General), 2000 SCC 2, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 44; R. v. Warsing, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579; Platnick v. Bent (No. 2), 2016 ONSC 7474; Kuczera (Re), 2018 ONCA 322, 58 C.B.R. (6th) 227; Calaheson v. Gift Lake Metis Settlement, 2016 A......
  • R. v. West
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • February 25, 2010
    ...or the fact that the failure to call the evidence was a deliberate tactical choice will weigh against its admission: R. v. Warsing , [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579, at para. 51. "[61] The other category of fresh evidence concerns evidence directed to the validity of the trial process itself or to obta......
  • Barendregt v. Grebliunas
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 20, 2022
    ...2 S.C.R. 423; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235; R. v. Lévesque, 2000 SCC 47, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 487; R. v. Warsing, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579; R. v. Nikolovski, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 1197; Child and Family Services of Winnipeg v. J.M.F., 2000 MBCA 145, 153 Man. R. (2d) 90; Children’s......
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  • R. v. Sapara (J.), 2002 ABQB 243
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen''s Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 1, 2002
    ...[1999] 5 W.W.R. 380, reving. (1997), 85 B.C.A.C. 303; 138 W.A.C. 303 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 104, footnote 31]. R. v. Warsing (K.L.), [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579; 233 N.R. 319; 115 B.C.A.C. 214; 189 W.A.C. 214; 21 C.R.(5th) 75, affing. (1997), 97 B.C.A.C. 137; 157 W.A.C. 137; 119 C.C.C.(3d) 385; 11......
  • Bent v. Platnick,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 10, 2020
    ...1 S.C.R. 616; Public School Boards’ Assn. of Alberta v. Alberta (Attorney General), 2000 SCC 2, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 44; R. v. Warsing, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579; Platnick v. Bent (No. 2), 2016 ONSC 7474; Kuczera (Re), 2018 ONCA 322, 58 C.B.R. (6th) 227; Calaheson v. Gift Lake Metis Settlement, 2016 A......
  • R. v. West,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • February 25, 2010
    ...or the fact that the failure to call the evidence was a deliberate tactical choice will weigh against its admission: R. v. Warsing , [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579, at para. 51. "[61] The other category of fresh evidence concerns evidence directed to the validity of the trial process itself or to obta......
  • Barendregt v. Grebliunas,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 20, 2022
    ...2 S.C.R. 423; Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235; R. v. Lévesque, 2000 SCC 47, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 487; R. v. Warsing, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579; R. v. Nikolovski, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 1197; Child and Family Services of Winnipeg v. J.M.F., 2000 MBCA 145, 153 Man. R. (2d) 90; Children’s......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Fundamental Justice. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • September 8, 2012
    ...CCC (3d) 543, [2006] OJ No 955 (CA) ................................................................................ 238 R v Warsing, [1998] 3 SCR 579, 130 CCC (3d) 259, [1998] SCJ No 91 ....... 263– 64 R v Waterfield, [1963] 3 All ER 659 (CCA) ....................................................
  • Procedural Fairness as a Principle of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...275 Compare Rowbotham , above note 88 at 63, citing the pre- Charter authority of R v Vescio , [1949] SCR 139. 276 R v Warsing , [1998] 3 SCR 579 [ Warsing ]. 277 Ibid at para 74, Major J, Cory, Iacobucci, and Binnie JJ concurring. Chief Justice Lamer and Bastarache J agreed with this rulin......
  • The 2024 Annotated Mental Health Provisions of the Criminal Code (Part XX.1)
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The 2024 annotated mental health provisions of the criminal code - Part XX.1
    • February 27, 2024
    ...O.J. No. 1282 at para. 19 (C.A.). 6767 s 672.73 Criminal Code CASELAW THE TEST ON APPEAL FOR ADMITTING FRESH EVIDENCE R. v. Warsing , [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579 — NCRMD evidence was being led for the irst time on appeal in this case. The test for admitting fresh evidence on appeal established by R......
  • The Law of Evidence and the Charter
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Special Lectures 2003. The Law of Evidence
    • August 31, 2004
    ...application of the general rule about raising new Charter issues on appeal that has been set out in cases such as R. v. Warsing, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 579; R. v. R. (R.) (1994), 91 C.C.C. (3d) 193 (Ont. C.A.); and R. v. Rees (1994), 72 O.A.C. 199 (C.A.). However, new issues, including Charter iss......
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