IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE A POLICE OFFICER READS TO YOU YOUR RIGHTS TO COUNSEL AND ASKS IF YOU WISH TO TALK TO A LAWYER YOUR ANSWER IS ALWAYS “YES!“

https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/criminal/police-did-not-breach-right-to-counsel-of-man-convicted-of-cocaine-mdma-possession-oca/372975?utm_source=GA&e=ZGpyZWV2ZUBiZWxsbmV0LmNh&utm_medium=20230119&utm_campaign=LTW-Newsletter-20230119&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D

“WHEN IT COMES TO BAIL REFORM BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.” “Simplistic, tough-on-crime responses to similar tragedies in the past put in motion a pendulum that has now swung in the other direction. Canada has wrestled for decades with a bail system that many experts, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada, believe is overcautious and risk-averse to a fault. But everyone involved should remember that tougher bail conditions are what brought the pendulum out of equilibrium in the first place.” #criminallaw #bail #reform

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-when-if-comes-to-bail-reform-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/

IN THIS SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE the entirety of the Crown’s case was the admission of an unsworn video-recorded statement given to the police without the opportunity to cross-examine, and that’s okay according to the Supreme Court.

https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/criminal/scc-rules-from-bench-on-case-about-the-admissibility-of-hearsay-evidence-in-sexual-assault-trial/372862?utm_source=GA&e=ZGpyZWV2ZUBiZWxsbmV0LmNh&utm_medium=20230117&utm_campaign=LTW-Newsletter-20230117&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D

BEWARE OF IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF A GUILTY PLEA Charges such as impaired driving, assault with a weapon, and break-and-enter, among others, have implications on a person’s immigration status and can result in deportation or loss of status.

https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/criminal/oca-ruling-shows-why-criminal-defenders-should-always-determine-clients-immigration-status-lawyer/372901?utm_source=GA&e=ZGpyZWV2ZUBiZWxsbmV0LmNh&utm_medium=20230117&utm_campaign=LTW-Newsletter-20230117&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D