Supreme Court

Decision Information

R v Soldat

Court Supreme Court
Date 1995-10-05
Other citations [1995] NWTR 349
File numbers CR 02812
Judge(s) Richard
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
Cloutier c. Langlois (1990), 53 C.C.C. (3d) 257 (S.C.C.)
R. v. Alderton (1985), 44 C.R. (3d) 254 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. Babcock (1988), [1990] 3 W.W.R. 35 (Alta Q.B.)
R. v. Bowen (1990), 59 C>C.C. (3d) 515 (Alta. C.A.)
R. v. Collins (1987), 33 C.C.C. (3d) (S.C.C.)
R. v. Foster, [1994] B.C.J. 470 (S.C.)
R. v. Greffe, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 755
R. v. Hodge (1993), 80 C.C.C. (3d) 189 (N.B.C.A.)
R. v. Hutchinson [1991] Y.J. 212 (S.C.)
R. v. Hutchinson (1995), 98 C.C.C. (3d) 221 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
R. v. Legere (1988), 43 C.C.C. (3d) (N.B.C.A.)
R. v. Legere (1994), 95 C.C.C. (3d) 139 (N.B.C.A.)
R. v. Love, [1994] A.J. 847 (Q.B.)
R. v. McDowell, [1995] 7 W.W.R. 603 (Alta. Q.B.)
R. v. Miller (19987), 38 C.C.C. (3d) 252 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. Paul (1994), 95 C.C.C. (3d) 266 (N.B.C.A.)
R. v. Turcotte (1987), 39 C.C.C. (3d) 193 (Sask. C.A.
R. v. Williams (1992), 76 C.C.C. (3d) 385 (B.C.S.C.)

Statutes considered:
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 487
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 487.01
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 487.01 ( 2 )
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 487.04 ( a ) ( xxiii )
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 487.05 ( 1 )
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 552
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 8
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 24 ( 2 )
Decision information:

Summary: Application for exclusion of evidence pursuant to s. 24(2) of Charter of Rights and Freedoms, following an unauthorized seizure of scalp hair samples from accused while in custody
Abstract: Application by accused for exclusion of evidence
Decision: Application dismissed
Subjects: Civil liberties and human rights - Enforcement under Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Remedies - Exclusion of evidence

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