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 Villaroman, 2016 SCC 33 (Cromwell): [37] When assessing circumstantial evidence, the trier of fact should consider “other plausible theor[ies]” and “other reasonable possibilities” which are inconsistent with guilt: R. v. Comba, [1938] O.R. 200 (C.A.), at pp. 205 and 211, per Middleton J.A., aff’d [1938] S.C.R. 396; R. v. Baigent, 2013 BCCA 28, 335 B.C.A.C. 11, at para. Read more...