Supreme Court

Decision Information

R v Auger

Court Supreme Court
Date 2001-06-06
Neutral citation 2001 NWTSC 44
File numbers S-1-CR-2001000024
Judge(s) Schuler
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
R. v. Cassibo (1982), 39 O.R. (2d) 288, 70 C.C.C. (2d) 498 (Ont. C.A.)
R. v. B. (K.G.), 19 C.R. (4th) 1, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740 (S.C.C.)
R. v. U. (F.J.) , 42 C.R. (4th) 133, [1995] 3 S.C.R. 764 (S.C.C.)
R. v. Starr (2000), 36 C.R. (5th) 1, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 144 (S.C.C.)
R. v. Khan, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 531, 59 C.C.C. (3d) 92 (S.C.C.)
R. v. Oliver (1996), Unreported (N.W.T. S.C.)
R. v. Firth (1998), Unreported (N.W.T. C.A.)

Statutes considered:
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 268
Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-5, s. 9(1)
Decision information:

Decision: Statements are inadmissible
Subjects: Criminal law - Evidence - Confessions and admissions - Admissibility as part of res gestae
Criminal law - Evidence - Competence and compellability of witnesses - Ability to understand oath
Criminal law - Evidence - Presentation of evidence - Cross-examination of witnesses - Previous inconsistent statements

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