R V. ZWEZDARYK – [2004] O.J. NO. 6137 (SCJ) Para 22: “It is, in my view, conjectural at best to assume that the jury will be influenced by the fact that the accused is in the prisoner’s box [cite omitted]. Read more...
R v Wood, [1975] O.J. No. 290 (OCA – Jessup): [4] It is our view that in cases of violence resulting in injury the requirement of general deterrence to the public militates, in almost every case, against the grant of a conditional discharge, notwithstanding considerations personal to the accused. Read more...
R v Stewart – (1977) 2 SCR 748 (Pigeon): (at the bottom, no paragraphs): In my view, this was made all the more serious by the trial judge considering the weight of various elements of proof taken separately. In Côté v. The King [ (1941), 77 C.C.C. 75.], Taschereau J. as he then was, said, speaking for all but one Read more...
R v P(R), 1990 OJ No. 3418 (Doherty – HCJ): [16] Assuming relevance, evidence of utterances made by a deceased (although the rule is not limited to deceased persons) which evidence her state of mind are admissible. If the statements are explicit statements of a state of mind, they are admitted as exceptions to the hearsay rule. If those statements Read more...