Canadian Criminal Procedure and Practice/Cases/Warrant Searches
Generally
[edit | edit source]| Case | Citation | s.8 | s.24 | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. v. Dowling | 2011 ABQB 790 | N | N | search warrant of house with suspicious traffic |
| R. v. Mahmood | 2011 ONCA 693 | N | - | warrant for cell phone number log upheld |
| R. v. Ngo | 2011 ONSC 6676 | N | - | search warrant upheld on s. 8 challenge |
| R. v. Lee | 2011 ABCA 310 | warrant to enter home upheld | ||
| R. v. Nguyen | 2011 ONCA 465 | search warrant challenged; no violation | ||
| R. v. Pike | 2010 NLTD 97 | Y | ? | secured blood samples prior to warrant being issued |
| R. v. Nguyen | 2002 BCPC 12 | N | - | search warrant executed to search house; police also searched parked car |
| R. v. Puskas | 1997 CanLII 1159 | Y | N | Search warrant to house based on anonymous tip upheld trial level acquitted; overturned on issue of s.24(2) analysis |
| R. v. Nguyen and Nguyen | 2010 ONSC 1520 | Y | Y | |
| R. v. Parasiris | 2008 QCCS 2460 | Y | ? |
- R. v. Watts, 2012 ONSC 1865 -- no s.8 violation—ITO search warrant for hard entry into house looking for guns and drugs—warrant based on confidential informer—contained errors—upheld
- R. v. Darby, 2012 ABCA 27 || ITO upheld anonymous informer
- R. v. Dionisi, 2012 ABCA 20 || ITO upheld, based on anonymous informer
- R. v. Morgan, 2012 ONCA 28 -- ITO found valid despite errors in affidavit
Tele-warrants
[edit | edit source]- R v Lendzion 2012 ABPC 59 -- upheld
Wire taps
[edit | edit source]R. v Bulatci, 2012 NWTCA 6 -- wiretap of accused in prison violated s.8 but admissible
- R. v. Martin, 2010 NBCA 41 [1] || breach of s.8 found, evidence NOT excluded under s. 24(2)
- R. v. Della Penna, 2012 BCCA 3 || wiretap allowed on appeal
Bodily sample
[edit | edit source]- R. v. Ramage, 2010 ONCA 488 -- breach s. 8; saved under s.24(2)
- R. v. Emshey, 2010 ABPC 237 -- s.8 violation; admitted under s.24(2)