R v Wolff,

JurisdictionSaskatchewan
JudgeWhitmore, Leurer and Kalmakoff JJ.A.
Citation2019 SKCA 103
Docket NumberCACR3176
CourtCourt of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
Date16 October 2019

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  • R v Stevenson,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • April 11, 2024
    ...criminal lifestyle, past dishonesty, or interest in the outcome of the trial, cannot be trusted to tell the truth” ( R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 57, 380 CCC (3d) 223 [ Wolff], citing Khela at para 32 In a judge-alone trial this means when the Crown's case relies on the testimony of a w......
  • R v Olynik,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • May 21, 2025
    ...of the accused is the only reasonable inference that may be drawn must be made on an examination of the evidence as a whole ( R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 76, 380 CCC (3d) 223). Read in their entirety and in context, the trial judge's reasons amply demonstrate that he recognized that he......
  • R v Whitehawk,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 10, 2025
    ...to “carefully examine [that] evidence for confirmation before relying on it” ( Stevenson at para 32; see also Omer at para 22; R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 61, 380 CCC (3d) 144 The mere mention of evidence that is capable of being confirmatory – or the identification of a bare appearanc......
  • R v Kishayinew,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • November 26, 2019
    ...is a finding of fact that attracts significant deference by a reviewing court: Patrick at para 57, Schaff at para 44, and R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 40 [Wolff]. [58] When a verdict is challenged on the basis of unreasonableness, an appellate court may, to a limited extent, examine, co......
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  • R v Stevenson,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • April 11, 2024
    ...criminal lifestyle, past dishonesty, or interest in the outcome of the trial, cannot be trusted to tell the truth” ( R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 57, 380 CCC (3d) 223 [ Wolff], citing Khela at para 32 In a judge-alone trial this means when the Crown's case relies on the testimony of a w......
  • R v Olynik,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • May 21, 2025
    ...of the accused is the only reasonable inference that may be drawn must be made on an examination of the evidence as a whole ( R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 76, 380 CCC (3d) 223). Read in their entirety and in context, the trial judge's reasons amply demonstrate that he recognized that he......
  • R v Whitehawk,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 10, 2025
    ...to “carefully examine [that] evidence for confirmation before relying on it” ( Stevenson at para 32; see also Omer at para 22; R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 61, 380 CCC (3d) 144 The mere mention of evidence that is capable of being confirmatory – or the identification of a bare appearanc......
  • R v Kishayinew,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • November 26, 2019
    ...is a finding of fact that attracts significant deference by a reviewing court: Patrick at para 57, Schaff at para 44, and R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at para 40 [Wolff]. [58] When a verdict is challenged on the basis of unreasonableness, an appellate court may, to a limited extent, examine, co......
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