On The Wire
Exclusion of Evidence and the Rule of Law
- November 30, 2024
The police showed up around midnight with a warrant to search a residential property in Oshawa, Ontario. Roydel Ramsay-Morris was arrested in the backyard and detained for two hours before he was given the right to call a lawyer. A…
Gun and Cash Tossed by Ontario Court of Appeal
- November 15, 2024
The police in Thunder Bay, Ontario, had grounds to obtain a search warrant for Rashawn Samuels’ apartment the day before he was arrested. But they chose to wait until after the arrest to apply for the warrant and denied his…
Police Motor Vehicle Stops: Purpose or Pretext?
- October 31, 2024
The alleged sale of two grams of cocaine to an undercover police officer prompted the police to initiate a motor vehicle stop for tinted windows contrary to Alberta’s traffic safety statute. But the officer who stopped the vehicle testified on…
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