Robson Crim Legal Blog

Picture this… you, a cocaine trafficker, are out one night, driving through LA. It’s the 1960s, and you just finished watching your favourite television show with your favourite actor, Rick Dalton. Then, the police arrest you. They search your house, as to be expected, and find $42,000 in cash, and $47,000 in cocaine, among other things.

Within Privacy in Peril, Jochelson and Ireland argue how the Waterfield[2] test has allowed the Supreme Court of Canada to justify new police powers through the common law. It will be argued that while the court has given the police new powers in order to justify intrusions into individual’s privacy, there are also concerns that the court had to assess when determining whether to grant police more powers of search and seizure.

Mr. Poulin was found guilty of two counts of gross indecency against a minor family member. The sexual offences which he was found guilty of occurred between 1979 and 1987. He was sentenced to a conditional sentence of 2 years less a day due to health issues. A conditional sentence was not available for sexual offences at either the time that Poulin committed the offences or at the time he was sentenced.

Javanmardi first opened naturopathic clinic in 1985, and since 1992 has administered nutrients to around 10 patients per week by intravenous injection. In June 2008, Matern, an 84-year-old man with heart disease visited Javanmardi. After a consultation, Javanmardi recommended intravenously administered nutrients.

On March 30, 2013, the appellant, in this case, was arrested by the police. The appellant was subject to a lawful traffic stop for improper display of a temporary licence plate where the police conducted a search of his vehicle and found drugs. The appellant was charged with possession of cocaine and ecstasy for the purpose of trafficking and possession of the proceeds of crime.