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Y R A R B LI W A L N KI S A L A R O B These materials are intended solely for the use of students in the Evidence courses of Professors Mewett and Stewart in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Faith Teo and Christina Caldarelli assisted in the revision of these materials. BORA LASK1N LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Cases on Evidence 1995-96 Edition Volume II (pages 558-947) Selected by Alan W. Mewett and Hamish Stewart These materials are intended solely for the use of students in the Evidence courses of Professors Mewett and Stewart in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Faith Teo and Christina Caldarelli assisted in the revision of these materials. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/casesonevidence02mewe_5 Cases on Evidence 1995-96 Edition Volume II Table of Contents 6. Character R. v. McNamara (1981), 56 C.C.C. (2d) 193 (Ont.C.A.).558 R. v. Taylor ( 1982), 35 O.R. (2d) 738 (C.A.) 566 R. v. Glynn (1971), 15 C.R.N.S. 343 (Ont.C.A.) 568 R. v. Lupien ( 1970), 9 C.R. 165 (S.C.C.) 569 R. v. Mohan (1994), 89 C.C.C. (3d) 402 (S.C.C.) 575 R. v. Morin (1988), 44 C.C.C. (3d) 193 (S.C.C.) 586 R. v. McMillan (1975), 29 C.R.N.S. 191 (Ont.C.A.) . 593 R. v. Robertson (1975), 29 C.R.N.S. 141 (Ont.C.A.) . 598 R. v. Scopelliti (1982), 63 C.C.C. (2d) 481 (Ont.C.A.). . . . 601 7. Similar Fact Evidence Criminal Code, ss. 354, 356, 359, 360 . 608 Makin v. A.-G. N.S.W., [ 1894] A.C. 57 (P.C.) .609 R. v. Smith (1916), 11 Cr.App.R. 229 612 R. v. Straffen, [ 1952] 2 Q.B. 911 613 LeBlanc v. The Queen (1975), 29 C.C.C. (2d) 97 (S.C.C.) . . . 616 D.P.P. v. Boardman, [1975] A.C. 421 .620 Sweitzer v. The Queen (1982), 68 C.C.C. (2d) 193 (S.C.C.) . . 625 R. v. B. (C.R. ) (1990), 76 C.R. (3d) 1 (S.C.C.) 629 R. v. C.(M.H.) (1991), 63 C.C.C. (3d) 385 (S.C.C.) 649 8. Hearsay 8(a) Introduction Subramaniam v. Public Prosecutor, [1956] 1 W.L.R. 965 (P.C.) 652 Wildman v. The Queen (1981), 60 C.C.C. (2d) 289 (Ont.C.A.), rev'd ( 1984), 14 C.C.C. (3d) 321 (S.C.C.) .654 Myers v. D.P.P., [1965] A.C. 1001 (H.L.) .662 Ares v. Venner, [1970] S.C.R. 608 . 666 R. v. Wysochan (1930), 54 C.C.C. 172 (Sask.C.A.) . 669 Ratten v. R. , [ 1972] A.C. 378 (P.C.) 671 Wright v. Doe dem. Tatham ( 1837), 112 E.R. 488 675 R. v. McKinnon ( 1989), 70 C.R. (3d) 9 (Ont.C.A.) .678 8(b) Some Traditional Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay 8(b)(i) Res Gestae R. v. Bedingfield ( 1879), 14 Cox C.C. 341 . 684 R. v. Risby (1977), 32 C.C.C. (2d) 242 (B.C.C.A.) . 686 R. v. Keeler (1978), 36 C.C.C. (2d) 8 (Alta.S.C.A.D.) .... 687 R. v. Clark (1983), 35 C.R. (3d) 357 (Ont.C.A.) . 690 11 8(b)(ii) Statements Against Interest Donnelly v. United States, 228 U.S. 243 (1913) . 706 R. v. O'Brien (1977), 35 C.C.C. (2d) 209 (S.C.C.) . 708 R. v. Pelletier (1978), 38 C.C.C. (2d) 515 (Ont.C.A.) .... 711 Lucier v. The Queen (1982), 65 C.C.C. (2d) 150 (S.C.C.) . . . 713 8(b)(iii) Prior Judicial Proceedings Criminal Code, s. 715 .715 R. v. Speid (1988), 42 C.C.C. (3d) 12 (Ont.C.A.) . 716 Walkerton v. Erdman (1894), 23 S.C.R. 352 . 720 Hollington v. F. Hewthorn & Co. Ltd., [1943] 1 K.B. 587 . . . 723 Demeter v. British Pacific Life Ins. Co. (1983), 150 D.L.R. (3d) 249 (Ont.H.C.J.) 727 8(b)(iv) Bodily and Mental Condition Youlden v. London Guarantee & Accident Co. (1912), 26 O.L.R. 75 (H.C.J.) 736 Mutual Life v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 ( 1892) . 738 R. v. Wainwright (1875), 13 Cox C.C. 171 740 R. v. Thomson, [1912] 3 K.B. 19 (C.A.) 741 Home v. Corbeil, [1955] 4 D.L.R. 750 (Ont.H.C.) . 742 R. v. P.(R.) (1990), 58 C.C.C. (3d) 334 (Ont.H.C.J.). 744 8(b)(v) Admissions in Civil Cases Yorkton Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition Assoc. Ltd. v. Morley et al. (1967), 66 D.L.R. (2d) 37 (Sask.C.A.) 754 R. v. Strand Electric Ltd., [1969] 2 C.C.C. 264 (Ont.C.A.). . 756 8(c) The Principled Approach R. v. Khan ( 1990), 59 C.C.C. (3d) 92 (S.C.C.) 764 R. v. Smith (1992), 75 C.C.C. (3d) 257 (S.C.C.) 770 R. v. Aguilar (1992), 77 C.C.C. (3d) 462 (Ont.C.A.) . 784 R. v. L.(J.W.) (1994), 94 C.C.C. (3d) 263 (Ont.C.A.). 791 R. v. Hawkins (1995), 96 C.C.C. (3d) 503 (Ont.C.A.) .... 803a 9. Confessions and Other Statements by the Accused 9(a) General Piche v. The Queen, [1971] S.C.R. 23 . 804 9(b) Common Law 9(b)(i) Voluntariness Ibrahim v. The King, [1914] A.C. 599 (P.C.) . 807 Horvath v. The Queen (1979), 44 C.C.C. (2d) 385 . 810 Ill Ward v. R. ( 1979), 7 C.R. (3d) 153 .818 Rothman v. R. (1981), 20 C.R. (3d) 97 (S.C.C.) . 821 9(b)(ii) The Voir Dire Powell v. The Queen (1976), 33 C.R.N.S. 323 (S.C.C.). 834 Erven v. R. (1979), 6 C.R. (3d) 97 (S.C.C.) . 836 9(b)(iii) Confessions Confirmed by Subsequent Fact R. v. St. Lawrence (1949), 93 C.C.C. 376 (Ont.H.C.J.) . . . 847 R. v. Wray (1970), 11 C.R.N.S. 235 (S.C.C.) 850 9(b)(iv) Use of Voir Dire Evidence R. v. Gauthier, [ 1977] 1 S.C.R. 441 858 R. v. Magdish, Bennett, and Sweet ( 1978), 41 C.C.C. (2d) 392 (Ont.H.C.J.) . 861 R. v. Brophy, [1981] 2 All E.R. 705 (H.L.) . 862 9(b)(v) Silence R. v. Eden, [1970] 3 C.C.C. 280 (Ont.C.A.) 865 R. v. Sweeney (No. 2) (1977), 35 C.C.C. (2d) 245 (Ont.C.A.) 867 R. v. Sayegh (No. 3) (1982), 69 C.C.C. (2d) 84 (Ont.Prov.Ct.) 871 9(b)(vi) Consciousness of Guilt; Fleeing and Lying R. v. Burdick (1975), 27 C.C.C. (2d) 497 (Ont.C.A.) . 873 Sparrow v. R. (1979), 12 C.R. (3d) 158 (Ont.C.A.) . 876 R. v. Arcangioli (1994), 27 C.R. (4th) 1 (S.C.C.) 879 R. v. Levy (1991), 62 C.C.C. (3d) 97 (Ont.C.A.) 888 R. v. B.(L.) (1993), 13 O.R. (3d) 796 (C.A.) 893 9(c) Charter 9(c)(i) Right to Counsel Clarkson v. R. (1986), 50 C.R. (3d) 289 (S.C.C.) . 895 R. v. Manninen (1987), 34 C.C.C. (3d) 385 (S.C.C.) 902 R. v. Brydges (1990), 53 C.C.C. (3d) 330 (S.C.C.) 908 R. v. Leclair (1989), 67 C.R. (3d) 209 (S.C.C.) 922 R. v. Bartle (1994), 92 C.C.C. (3d) 289 (S.C.C.) 931