List of Frequently Cited Criminal Authorities

Effective: 1 March 2017

Burden of Proof/Reasonable Doubt

R. v. W.(D.), [1991] 1 S.C.R. 742
R. v. C.L.Y., 2008 SCC 2, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 5
R. v. J.H.S., 2008 SCC 30, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 152
R. v. J.M.H., 2011 SCC 45, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 197

Certiorari/Directed Verdict/ Preliminary Inquiries

R. v. Charemski, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 679
R. v. Arcuri, 2001 SCC 54, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 828
R. v. Deschamplain, 2004 SCC 76, [2004] 3 S.C.R. 601
R. v. Hawley, 2012 ONCA 528, 295 O.A.C. 85
R. v. Papadopoulos, 2005 CanLII 8662 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. Russell, 2001 SCC 53, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 804
R. v. Sazant 2004 SCC 77, [2004] 3 S.C.R. 635

Charge to Jury

R. v. Daley, 2007 SCC 53, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 523
R. v. Jacquard, [1997] 1 S.C.R. 314

Charter

(i) Section 1 - Reasonable Limits

R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103

(ii) Section 8 - Search and Seizure

Hunter v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145

(iii) Section 10(b) - Right to Counsel - Detention

R. v. Suberu, 2009 SCC 33, [2009] 2 S.C.R. 460

(iv) Section 11(b) - Unreasonable Delay

R. v. Morin, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 771
R. v. Schertzer, 2009 ONCA 742, 248 C.C.C. (3d) 270

(v) Section 11(d) - Fair Trial

R. v. Richard, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 525

(vi) Section 24(2) - Exclusion of Evidence

R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265
R. v. Grant, 2009 SCC 32, [2009] 2 S.C.R. 353
R. v. Harrison, 2009 SCC 34, [2009] 2 S.C.R. 494
R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 34

Defences - Air of Reality Threshold

R. v. Cinous, 2002 SCC 29, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 3

Disclosure and Third Party Records

R. v. Stinchcombe, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 326
R. v. O'Connor, [1995] 4 S.C.R. 411
R. v. McNeil, 2009 SCC 3, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 66
R. v. Quesnelle, 2014 SCC 46, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 390

Extradition

U.S.A. v. Anekwu, 2009 SCC 41, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 3
U.S.A. v. Anderson, 2007 ONCA 84, 218 C.C.C. (3d) 225
U.S.A. v. Thomlison, 2007 ONCA 42, 216 C.C.C. (3d) 97
U.S.A. v. Ferras, 2006 SCC 33, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 77

Evidence

(i) Confessions

R. v. Oickle, 2000 SCC 38, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 3

(ii) Cross-Examination on Prior Criminal Record

R. v. Corbett, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 670

(iii) Fresh Evidence

Palmer v. The Queen, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759
Reference re: Truscott, 2007 ONCA 575, 225 C.C.C. (3d) 321
R. v. Dixon, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 244
R. v. Taillefer; R. v. Duguay, 2003 SCC 70, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 307

(iv) Hearsay and the Principled Exception

R. v. Khan, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 531
R. v. B.(K.G.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740
R. v. Starr, 2000 SCC 40, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 144
R. v. Khelawon, 2006 SCC 57, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 787

(v) Similar Fact Evidence

R. v. Handy, 2002 SCC 56, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 908
R. v. Trochym, 2007 SCC 6, [2007] 1 S.C.R. 239

(vi) Unsavoury Witnesses

Vetrovec v. The Queen, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 811

Fraud

R. v. Theroux, [1993] 2 S.C.R. 5

Guilty Pleas

R. v. T.(R.), (1992), 10 O.R. (3d) 514 (C.A.)

Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel

R. v. Joanisse, (1995), 102 C.C.C. (3d) 35 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. G.D.B., 2000 SCC 22, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 520
R. v. Archer, (2005), 202 C.C.C. (3d) 60 (Ont. C.A.)

Jury Selection

R. v. Find, 2001 SCC 32, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 863

Leave to Appeal - Summary Conviction

R. v. R.R., 2008 ONCA 497, 234 C.C.C. (3d) 463

Leave to Appeal - Provincial Offences

Ontario (Labour) v. Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., 2011 ONCA 13
R. v. Hicks, 2014 ONCA 756

Ministerial Decisions

U.S.A. v. Cotroni, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1469
U.S.A. v. Burns, 2001 SCC 7, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 283
Lake v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2008 SCC 23, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 761
Fischbacher v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2009 SCC 46, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 170

Misapprehension of Evidence

R. v. Morrissey, (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 193 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. Sinclair, 2011 SCC 40 [2011] 3 S.C.R. 3

Ontario Review coa-parkedrd

Winko v. British Columbia, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 625
R. v. Owen, 2003 SCC 33, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 779
Mazzei v. British Columbia (Director of Adult Forensic Psychiatric Services), 2006 SCC 7, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 326
Mental Health Centre, Penetanguishene v. Magee (2006), 208 C.C.C. (3d) 365 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. Breitwieser, 2009 ONCA 784, 99 O.R. (3d) 43
R. v. Conway, 2010 SCC 22, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 765
R. v. M.L.C., 2010 ONCA 843, 104 O.R. (3d) 450

Reasonable Doubt

R. v. Lifchus, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 320

Self-Defence

R. v. Pintar (1996), 30 O.R. (3d) 483 (C.A.)

Self-Represented Accused

R. v. Jamieson (1981), 64 C.C.C. (2d) 550 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. McGibbon (1988), 45 C.C.C. (3d) 334 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. Ul-Rashid, 2014 ONCA 896

Sentencing

(i) Aboriginal Offenders

R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688
R. v. Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 433

(ii) Appellate Review

R. v. M.(C.A.), [1996] 1 S.C.R. 500
R. v. Rezaie (1996), 112 C.C.C. (3d) 97(Ont. C.A.)
R. v. Shropshire, [1995] 4 S.C.R. 227

(iii) Conditional Sentences

R. v. Proulx, 2000 SCC 5, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 61

(iv) Fresh Evidence

R. v. Levesque, 2000 SCC 47, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 487
R. v. Sipos, 2014 SCC 47, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 423

Standard of Review on Findings of Fact

Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235

Statutory Interpretation

Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559

Reasons for Judgment

R. v. Sheppard, 2002 SCC 26, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 869
R. v. Braich, 2002 SCC 27, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 903
R. v. Dinardo, 2008 SCC 24, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 788
R. v. R.E.M., 2008 SCC 51, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 3

Unreasonable Verdict

R. v. Yebes, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 168
R. v. Biniaris, 2000 SCC 15, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 381
R. v. Beaudry, 2007 SCC 5, [2007] 1 S.C.R. 190
R. v. Sinclair, 2011 SCC 40, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 3