Supreme Court

Decision Information

R v Shearing

Court Supreme Court
Date 1993-05-10
File numbers CR 02032
Judge(s) de Weerdt
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Statutes considered:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 8
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 10 ( b )
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 24 ( 2 )
Decision information:

Summary: Admissibility at trial of evidence in the form of alleged oral statements and gestures made by the accused and physical items (a slingshot and ballbearings) obtained from the accused by the police ruled in favour of the Crown notwithstanding a breach of 10 (b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Abstract: Voir dire on admissibility of evidence
Keywords: Admissibility of statements
Evidence
Voluntariness
Charter
Physical evidence
Gestures
Administration of justice
Disrepute

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