This week’s top three summaries: R v Townsend, 2025 BCCA 459: #after the fact, R v ZML, 2025 ONCA 872: accused #fabrication, R v Meeko, 2025 NUCA 12: #bad character #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/alSnKH9TWG

As we say goodbye to the Supreme Court Santa outfits in 2025, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season! /4

and the Manitoba Court of Appeal overturning a conviction and replacing it with an acquittal (wow, yes I said the Manitoba Court of Appeal), I knew the holiday spirit had taken a hold of the courts. /3

Just as I was about to give up on posting again in 2025, the Courts all came roaring back to life like a fire on a cold Christmas Day. With Justice Cóté in writing for a united court, the Alberta Court of Appeal limiting the expansion of s.276 /2

This week’s top three summaries: R v Carignan, 2025 SCC 43: s.9 #arrest, R v Stuart, 2025 ABCA 404: #cross & s.276, R v Linklater, 2025 MBCA 104: #eye-witness ID #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/ECYVavaVqi

This week's top three summaries: R v McDonald, 2025 ONCA 807: Browne v Dunn, R v Brennan, 2025 ONSC 6116: s.8 #marijuana smell, R v MR, 2025 ONCA 789: #appeal bail #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/EyCh2joGeC

This week’s top three summaries: R v Demetroff, 2025 ABCA 373: #after the fact, R v BR, 2025 ABKB 659: s.8 school #principal, R v Robinson, 2025 ABCJ 196: #witnesses #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/DFJcCeJWGg

This week’s top three summaries: R v Bjil, 2025 SKCA 116: #technology, R v Lessard, 2025 ONCA 760: #NCRMD, R v Krelove, 2025 ONSC 6004: #domestic discharge #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/DFJcCeJWGg

This week’s top three summaries: R v Whitlock, 2025 ONSC 6006: #remand s.12, R v EJ, 2025 ONSC 6016: #self-defence, R v CB, 2025 ONSC 6004: cross-count #similar fact #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/csoDyst7jt

⚖️ The Defence Toolkit: 🧑‍⚖️ Mandatory Minimum Sentences — reasonably foreseeable scenarios. 📜 Sexual Assault — Mens Rea absent a mistake defence. 🔍 Rights — intoxicated and rude accused. Full post 👉 https://t.co/TmzqEPTeAb #CriminalLaw #CaseLaw #AppealLawyer #TheDefenceToolkit

⚖️ New on The Defence Toolkit: 🧑‍⚖️ Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act — immunity from arrest 📜 Fresh Evidence after guilty plea — consent capacity revisited 🔍 Expert evidence — trial errors corrected 👉 https://t.co/4wPAZA9Kvu #CriminalLaw #CaseLaw #TheDefenceToolkit

This week’s top three summaries: R v Matthews, 2025 ABKB 597: #expert bias, R v RL, 2025 ONCA 691: #acquittal appeal, R v Wilson, 2025 ABCA 337: #contempt #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/NqxoY1Y2rE

This week’s top three summaries: R v BN, 2025 ABKB 535: #ineffective lawyer, R v Shah, 2025 ABKB 535: s.8 #informant, R v Mohamed Mussa, 2025 ABKB 543: #circumstantial ID Shoutout to @Chagg164 for the win in R v Shah! #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/lLY7q2XLbd

This week’s top three summaries: R v IMB, 2025 ONCA 678: #cross & #demeanour, R v Daignault, 2025 ABCA 328: #cross & Vetrovec, R v Penner, 2025 YKCA 14: 271 #relating to evidence #defencetoolkit #legal #CriminalLaw https://t.co/WdULPQQHsf

This week’s top three summaries: R v Pham, 2025 BCCA 324: police #agent, R v KWP, 2025 ABCA 312: judge #propensity, R v IJM, 2025 ABCA 311: 271 #delayed report #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/uw30pltClc

This week’s top three summaries: R v Mohamed, 2025 ONCA 611: #parties 21(2), R v Hambleton, 2025 ONSC 5061: #bias appeals, R v JC, 2025 ABCJ 120: #possession hot potato #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/uYApuSThNS

This week's top three summaries: R v Emereuwa, 2025 SKCA 83: #failure and intent, R v Dos Santos, 2025 ONCA 598: 11(b) #mistrial, R v DM, 2025 ABCJ 134: #alibi #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/O1X7M4xxKG

This week’s top three summaries: R v Meier, 2025 MBCA 74: #gun #video circumstantial, R v DL, 2025 SKCA 498: #excessive intervention, R v Moore, 2025 PECA 589: cross on #discreditable #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/uCjBo04ILK

This week’s top three summaries: R v Sels, 2025 ONCA 592: #defence v group, R v Singh, 2025 ONCA 498: directed #verdict guilty?, R v Pierre, 2025 ABCA 589: #instructions after-the-fact #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/szvBT5RkUF

This week’s top three summaries: R v PE, 2025 ABCA 272: prior #victimization, R v Thomson, 2025 ONCA 500: s.10(b) strip #search, R v Harding, 2025 ABCA 266: preventing #cross #defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw https://t.co/fhe9RKOnqQ