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February 20, 2023
Unlawful police entry denies domestic assault victim her day in court

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November 28, 2022
Car search following shots fired call justified

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September 28, 2022
Police sufficiently corroborated source information: Arrest lawful

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June 17, 2022
Mistake of law rendered arrest arbitrary

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May 5, 2022
Unzipping fanny pack a reasonable safety search

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February 23, 2022
Asking “Can you hook me up with blow?” was an investigative step, not entrapment

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January 4, 2022
30-hour delay in facilitating counsel rendered drugs inadmissible

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November 29, 2021
Citizen entitled to reasonably resist unlawful arrest

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October 27, 2021
Tracking a cell phone without a warrant justified by exigencies

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September 30, 2021
No search in examining USB provided by non-state agent

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July 25, 2021
Passenger not necessarily detained during traffic stop

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June 7, 2021
Failure to preserve evidence results in acquittals

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May 4, 2021
Mistaken information did not render arrest unlawful

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April 5, 2021
Peace officer undertaking enforceable upon issue

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March 15, 2021
Denying access to counsel roadside amounted to Charter breach

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February 10, 2021
Mistake did not render arrest illegal

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January 26, 2021
Strip search did not re-trigger s. 10(b) Charter advisement

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November 13, 2020
Honestly, but unreasonably, held belief not “good faith”

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October 19, 2020
Roadside ‘strip search’ reasonably conducted: cocaine admissible

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August 14, 2020
Warrantless swabbing of car door handle is unconstitutional

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July 20, 2020
Grounds for an arrest and a search warrant involve different considerations

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May 12, 2020
Attempted detention is no detention

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April 13, 2020
Peace bond is an instrument of preventative, not penal, justice: Hearsay is admissible

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March 17, 2020
Witness officers owe duty to co-operate with B.C. police watchdog investigators

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February 3, 2020
Delay in facilitating counsel renders evidence inadmissible

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January 14, 2020
Arrest for non-existent offence results in $20K judgement

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December 12, 2019
Reasonable grounds for arrest not as robust as civil standard of proof

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November 19, 2019
Reasonable suspicion more than a hunch