R v Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270

JudgeThe Honourable Mr Justice J.D. Bruce McDonald,The Honourable Mr Justice Thomas W. Wakeling,The Honourable Mr Justice Kevin Feehan
Citation2020 ABCA 270
Date22 July 2020
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
Docket Number1703-0083-A
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5 practice notes
  • Notes
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Policing. Why and How It Must Change
    • March 14, 2022
    ...ABCA 101; R v Keene, 2020 ONCA 635; Subramaniam c R, 2019 QCCA 1744; R v Wingert, 2020 ABCA 304; R v Allgood, 2015 SKCA 88; R v Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270; R v Niemi, 2017 ONCA 720; Lebeuf c R, 2016 QCCA 1882. See also Adelina Itene & Vanessa Kinnear, “Mr Big and the New Common Law Confession Rul......
  • R v Ledesma,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 21, 2021
    ...judges “are in the best position to weigh the probative value and the prejudicial effect of the evidence”: Hart, para 110; R v Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270, para 60, 390 CCC (3d) [34] A Corbett decision (R v Corbett, [1988] 1 SCR 670, 41 CCC (3d) 385) is discretionary and entitled to deference exce......
  • R v JCF, 2020 ABCA 315
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • September 9, 2020
    ...124 OR (3d) 561. [9] The onus is on an appellant to prove that anything done at trial by his or her counsel was incompetent: R v Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270 at para 61. Where incompetence is so established, a new trial will be ordered only where that incompetence has resulted in a miscarriage of j......
  • R v Bennett,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • November 26, 2020
    ...suspect becomes dependent on the undercover officers: M(M) at paras 83-84; and R v Wruck, 2016 ABQB 370 [Wruck QB] at para 22 aff’d in 2020 ABCA 270 [Wruck [62] The concern can arise in a number of contexts. One particular concern is when the relationship develops into something analogous t......
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4 cases
  • R v Ledesma,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 21, 2021
    ...judges “are in the best position to weigh the probative value and the prejudicial effect of the evidence”: Hart, para 110; R v Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270, para 60, 390 CCC (3d) [34] A Corbett decision (R v Corbett, [1988] 1 SCR 670, 41 CCC (3d) 385) is discretionary and entitled to deference exce......
  • R v JCF, 2020 ABCA 315
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • September 9, 2020
    ...124 OR (3d) 561. [9] The onus is on an appellant to prove that anything done at trial by his or her counsel was incompetent: R v Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270 at para 61. Where incompetence is so established, a new trial will be ordered only where that incompetence has resulted in a miscarriage of j......
  • R v Bennett,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • November 26, 2020
    ...suspect becomes dependent on the undercover officers: M(M) at paras 83-84; and R v Wruck, 2016 ABQB 370 [Wruck QB] at para 22 aff’d in 2020 ABCA 270 [Wruck [62] The concern can arise in a number of contexts. One particular concern is when the relationship develops into something analogous t......
  • R. v. Handlen,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • September 9, 2022
    ...or corroborative evidence by applying the Bradshaw framework to the Hart analysis (e.g., Baranec at para. 137, R. v. Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270 at paras. 76–77). However, the Crown submits, and I agree, that any error weighed in favour of Mr. Handlen, as the judge applied a ......
1 books & journal articles
  • Notes
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Policing. Why and How It Must Change
    • March 14, 2022
    ...ABCA 101; R v Keene, 2020 ONCA 635; Subramaniam c R, 2019 QCCA 1744; R v Wingert, 2020 ABCA 304; R v Allgood, 2015 SKCA 88; R v Wruck, 2020 ABCA 270; R v Niemi, 2017 ONCA 720; Lebeuf c R, 2016 QCCA 1882. See also Adelina Itene & Vanessa Kinnear, “Mr Big and the New Common Law Confession Rul......

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