Robson Crim Legal Blog

Police Search Powers and the Admission of Evidence (Privacy and Peril) - Thomas Mooney

R v Kirkpatrick 2022 SCC 33 case analysis: consent to sexual activity and condom use by Alanah Josey

Clarity on Capacity to Consent: What We’ve Been Needing All Along - Ashley Rees

Prosecutorial Immunity and the Canadian Criminal Justice System - Jamie Robertson

Young Offenders and the Automatic Right to Appeal to the SCC - A.T.

Consent: How the Growing Issue of Stealthing Needs to be Addressed - Jamie Robertson

Cell Phones and the Reasonable Expectation to Privacy - Thomas Mooney

Social Factors Affecting Voluntariness - Caitlin Madden

Police Powers in the Metaverse: Why the Charter’s Section 8 Will Have to Change - N.J. Peterman

Deterrence Under Section 24(2) of the Charter - Julian Brown

Policing in the Defund Era: The SCC, Parliament, and the Contours of Police Powers - Keelin Griffin

When Gladue Reports Fail - Donna Malcolm

R v CEB: Balancing Gladue Factors in Sentencing for Cases of Child Sexual Abuse - Kerith Tung

Starting Off on the Wrong Point: An Academic Critique of Starting Points in Sentencing - Noah Lesiuk

Private Property: A Legal Sanctuary for Impaired Drivers - Mario Elbardisy

R v Stairs: The Castle is Under Siege - Julian Brown

R v Khill: Self-Defence & the Accused’s Role in the Incident - Keelin Griffin

Drinking in Cold Places: The Impacts of Care and Control (Part 2/2) - Samantha Harvey

Drinking in Cold Places: The Impacts of Care and Control (Part 1/2) - Samantha Harvey

Sentencing In the Time of COVID (Part 2/2) - Caylene Foley

Sentencing In the Time of COVID (Part 1/2) - Caylene Foley

Removal of Judicial Discretion in the use of Conditional Sentences for Drug Offences

R v Trochym and the Use of Forensic Hypnosis (Part 2/2) - Samantha Harvey

Unlimited Surveillance: Protection for the Police and from the Police - M Packulak

R v Trochym and the Use of Forensic Hypnosis (Part 1/2) - Samantha Harvey

R v McColman 2021 ONCA – Does the Common Law Authorize Police Conduct a Routine Traffic Stop?

“Deportation” in Canada: The Identical Effects of Obtaining Poor Grades versus a Criminal Record

The Effects of Psychological Detention on Racialized Individuals

The Dangers of a Parens Patriae Mindset in Youth Criminal Justice Proceedings By Hillarie Tasche

Automatic right to appeal not unconstitutional for youth SCC finds - N Boggs

278 Applications for Production by Alanah Josey

The Logical Problems of Justifying Bail on Tertiary Grounds Alone in Canada - B Gray

R. v. McKenzie – Case Comment by K Chanas

Manitoba Law Journal – Robson Crim’s Special Volume on Law and Prison Policy

Institutions of Punishment and Criminal “Debt” – Lewis Waring

Appellate Intervention Warranted where the Majority Disagrees with the Sentencing Judge - Anonymous

Revisiting the Constitutionality of s 229 of The Highway Traffic Act - Anonymous

Consistency & Clarification: The Solution to the Misapplication of the Plain View Doctrine - B Macht

Sentencing for Sexual Offences Involving Youth - Breanna Sheppard

Deep Fake Pornography and Section 162.1 - Breanna Sheppard

A History of Porn - Chenoah Bueckert

Will Bill C-22 Bring Changes to Systemic Racism Within the Criminal Justice System? - Anonymous

Victim Impact Statements Imperfect Solution - Anonymous

Ongoing Intimate Image Distribution Case Promising Development - Shawn Eisler

Moving Towards Justice in R v Barton - Katie Rothwell

Bill C-36: More Harm Than Good? - Katie Rothwell

Sex Work and the Law - Dane Kingdon

Moving in the Right Direction in the Wrong Way - Dane Kingdon

Manitoba Leads Way with Canadian Centre for Child Protection- Shawn Eisler

Changing Perspectives or Changing Objectives? - Chenoah Bueckert