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A trial is about speaking the truth
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Prior to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the balance was in favour of admissibility of evidence, no matter how it was obtained, as it was the best method for getting at the truth.
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Since the Charter, the balance has swung towards protection of individual rights, and evidence that has been obtained contrary to certain Charter principles is often excluded, with unpredictable results.
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Prior to the adoption of the Canadian Charter on Rights and Freedoms in 1982, the common law dealt with illegally or improperly obtained evidence in a very relaxed manner.
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Basically, there WAS a rule of law or judicial discretion to exclude evidence because of the improper or illegal method by which it was obtained.
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The general rule of admissibility was that all evidence was
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relevant
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probative
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true
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reliable
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Once the Charter became law, the right to certain legal protections became the law of the land.
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Everyone, EXCEPT a criminal suspect or an accused became entitled to the protection of the rights contained in the Charter.
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What two things are still hotly debated in legal circles concerning evidence?
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how an accused should be treated in jail
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how many years should an accused receive for manslaughter
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balancing of the rights of the individual
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seeking the truth
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Which sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms contain Legal Rights?
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sections 24-32
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sections 19-23
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sections 7-14
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Which section says "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice."
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Which is the search or seizure section?
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Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned says which section?
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Everyone has the right on arrest or detention to:
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be promptly informed of the reason for arrest/detention
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retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right
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call their mom and tell them that they have just been arrested
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have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful
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Which section deals with unreasonable delay, reasonable time, not to be compelled and presumption of innocence until proven guilty?
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Cruel and unusual punishment is covered by which section?
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Incriminating evidence is covered in section 13:
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If I don't speak English or French I cannot get someone to help me in court
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Section 14 deals with foreign languages and people who are hearing impaired.
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The exclusion of illegally or improperly obtained evidence is an EXTREMELY POWERFUL REMEDY for the violation of constitutional rights.
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Section 24(2) contains the remedy for exclusion of improperly obtained evidence.
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What is likely to happen if it is found that the admission of evidence obtained in violation of an accused person's Charter rights?
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The exclusionary rule is NOT controversial at all in Canada.
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Section 24(1) deals with Enforcement
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For the defence to seek the right to an effective remedy such as exclusion of illegally or improperly obtained evidence, the defence must prove
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that the accused's rights or freedoms have been infringed or denied
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that the evidence was obtained in a manner that infringed or denied that right or freedom
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that they used force
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that they threatened the accused
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The Plaintiff bears the initial burden of presenting evidence and of persuading the judge, on the civil standard of balance of probabilities that a violation of the accused's Charter rights occurred that could not be saved by s.1, the Oakes Test.
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The first opportunity the Supreme Court of Canada had to analyze s.24(2) and provide guidance to trial judges on its application was in 1987 in the case of
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R. v. Mohan
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R. v. Khan
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R. v. Collins
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R. v. Baldree
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What were the grounds of defence in the R. v. Collins case?
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Which section of the Charter did they claim was violated?
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In the R. v. Collins matter the court of first instance held that
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there was a violation of Charter rights, and she was set free
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there was no violation of Charter rights, but she was convicted
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there was a violation of Charter rights, but she was convicted
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In the Collins matter, the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction but this was overturned by the Supreme Court
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The Collins test had 9 criteria for deciding the admissibility or exclusion of improperly obtained evidence.
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What are the three categories into which the 9 criteria are divided?
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Name 6 of the Collins criteria
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What kind of evidence was obtained?
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What Charter rights were infringed?
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Was the violation serious or technical?
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Was the violation deliberate or inadvertent?
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Were the circumstances urgent or necessary?
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is the offence serious?
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Was anyone else looking?
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The Collins test was replaced by another in 1997. What was the name of that case?
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R. v. Stinchombe
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R. v. Baldree
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R. v. Khan
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R. v. Stillman
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Why did the Supreme Court look for another case? The Collins test was considered:
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Intervenors were NOT allowed in the Stillman case
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Mr. Stillman willingly gave the police hair, buccal swab and teeth impressions.
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Mr. Stillman was set free by both the court of first instance and the Court of Appeal
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Conscriptive Evidence is evidence that could NOT be collected without the accused person's participation.
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Non-conscriptive Evidence is evidence that COULD be collected without the accused person's participation.
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In the Stillman case, the bodily samples were NOT real evidence even though the accused had been compelled by the produce.
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Examples of conscriptive evidence would be
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forced confession
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DNA sample
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a gun
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Examples of non-conscriptive evidence would be
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a buccal swab
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hair follicles
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a gun
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drugs
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What other factors did the court list to support the fact that the evidence was improperly obtained?
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the breach was very serious
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the police used threat of force and intrusive measures
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there was a blatant disregard of the lawyer's letter and ignored the fundamental rights of the youth
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they did not ask the youth nicely
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The tissue was not conscripted evidence because the police FORCED the accused to produce it.
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The tissue in Stillman's case was admissible.
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The wording of section 24(2) calls for a review of all the circumstances and what appears to be recommended by many of the academics is the return to the balancing as initially envisioned by the drafters of the Charter. The Stillman approach was criticized for not providing this balance.
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The Stillman case was replaced by the R. v. Grant case in 2009.
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Before the 2009 decision in R. v. Grant, the distinction between conscriptive and non-conscriptive evidence was really important.
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If the evidence was classified as conscriptive, it was almost certainly excluded pursuant to s24(2) of the Charter because the law held that admitting conscriptive evidence obtained in violation of the accused's Charter rights made the trial unfair.
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What were the concerns raised in light of the 2009 Grant case?
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that the jurisprudence developed a quasi-automatic exclusionary rule
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that the courts appear to distinguish between a hierarchy of rights rather than a balance of rights
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that the accused had no rights
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A criminal action is started by laying an information.
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The two types of evidence are
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Direct
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Indirect
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Oral
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Audio
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Indirect Evidence is also called:
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Documentary
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Real
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Circumstantial
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Evidence can be introduced in one of three ways.
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Which of the following ways is NOT a way that evidence can be introduced into court:
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Directly
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Orally
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Documentary
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Real
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Direct evidence can be Oral or Real
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Oral evidence is the most common type of direct evidence.
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Real evidence is only receivable if the following four criteria are met:
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relevant to the matters in issue
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identified as genuine, and therefore
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authenticated, and be
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connected tot he issues before the court
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known by every body even the jury
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Circumstantial Evidence is also known as Indirect Evidence
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Circumstantial evidence does NOT require an inference to get from the evidence to a material fact.
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A document must be authenticated by either
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calling on the newspaper that printed it
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calling the writer as a witness
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calling a witness to the document's preparation, or
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calling a handwriting expert or expert in typeface
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There are three ways that courts assess the admissibility of photographs and videos
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The three ways in which courts assess the admissibility of photographs and videos are
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Consciousness of Guilt is a term given to the behaviour of an accused that may be admitted as evidence that he was behaving in a guilty manner.
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Subsequent Remediation or Repair is NOT the civil equivalent to consciousness of guilt.
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The courts are careful about accepting evidence of subsequent repair for two main reasons:
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What is the best evidence rule?
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...that secondary evidence, such as a copy or fax, will not be admissible if an original document exists
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... that real evidence, such pictures of a gun or knife will not be admissible
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Section 31.2(1)(2) of the Canadian Evidence Act is where provisions for the Best Evidence Rule is found