Wakeling v. United States of America
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache |
| Citation | 2014 SCC 72,[2014] 3 SCR 549 |
| Date | 14 November 2014 |
| Docket Number | 35072 |
| Subject Matter | CRIMINAL LAW,CIVIL RIGHTS |
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24 practice notes
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R. v. McGregor
...2010 SCC 24, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 851; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 657; Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549; R. v. Fearon, 2014 SCC 77, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 621; Goodwin v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 46, [2015] 3 S.C.R. ......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 28 ' September 1)
...precision as not to give sufficient guidance for legal debate”: at p. 643; see also Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549, at para. 62. Building on this analysis in Mussani, Blair J.A. wrote that, “unconstitutional vagueness stems from language that is so im......
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Table of cases
...No. 64 ............................................137, 141, 142, 143, 147, 160, 192, 195, 512 Wakeling v. United States of America, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549, 2014 SCC 72 ................................................................................................... 36 Weatherall v. Canada (......
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Table of Cases
...leave to appeal refused, [1993] SCCA No 565 ................................. 49 Wakeling v United States of America , 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 SCR 549 ..................................... 2, 168, 169, 189, 190, 234 Wakeling, United States v , 2013 BCCA 166 ............................. 278, ......
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R v McGregor
...2010 SCC 24, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 851; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 657; Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549; R. v. Fearon, 2014 SCC 77, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 621; Goodwin v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 46, [2015] 3 S.C.R. ......
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R. v. McGregor
...2010 SCC 24, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 851; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 657; Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549; R. v. Fearon, 2014 SCC 77, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 621; Goodwin v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 46, [2015] 3 S.C.R. ......
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R. v. Campbell
...R. v. Fearon, 2014 SCC 77, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 621; R. v. Caslake, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 51; Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549; Imperial Oil v. Jacques, 2014 SCC 66, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 287; R. v. McQueen (1975), 25 C.C.C. (2d) 262; Lyons v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R.......
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R. v. Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25
...[2011] 3 S.C.R. 134; R. v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 606; Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549; R. v. Morgentaler, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 30; Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2000 SCC 69, [2000] 2 S.C.......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 28 ' September 1)
...precision as not to give sufficient guidance for legal debate”: at p. 643; see also Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549, at para. 62. Building on this analysis in Mussani, Blair J.A. wrote that, “unconstitutional vagueness stems from language that is so im......
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Table of cases
...No. 64 ............................................137, 141, 142, 143, 147, 160, 192, 195, 512 Wakeling v. United States of America, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549, 2014 SCC 72 ................................................................................................... 36 Weatherall v. Canada (......
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Table of Cases
...leave to appeal refused, [1993] SCCA No 565 ................................. 49 Wakeling v United States of America , 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 SCR 549 ..................................... 2, 168, 169, 189, 190, 234 Wakeling, United States v , 2013 BCCA 166 ............................. 278, ......
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Table of Cases
...154, 155, 157, 160, 210, 213, 559 Wakeling v United States of America, [2014] 3 SCR 549, 2014 SCC 72 .............. 38 Weatherall v Canada (AG), [1993] 2 SCR 872, 83 CCC (3d) 1, 23 CR (4th) 1 ...... 37 Winko v British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute), [1999] 2 SCR 625, 135 CCC (3d)......
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The Criminal Law and the Constitution
...Inc . (1984), 14 C.C.C. (3d) 97 (S.C.C.). 69 R. v. Collins (1987), 33 C.C.C. (3d) 1 (S.C.C.); Wakeling v. United States of America , [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549. 70 Duarte , above note 50. See Code , above note 1, ss. 184.1–184.4. See now Tse , above note 67. 71 Wong , above note 50. See now Code ,......
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