Breaking News > In a four-opinion judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada has 7-0 dismissed the appeal of a Newfoundland man convicted of child luring who unsuccessfully argued that his s. 8 Charter right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure was violated when undercover police pretending online to be an underage girl surreptitiously used screen capture software to record his electronic communications: R. v. Mills, 2019 SCC 22. MORE TO COME

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CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Trial within a reasonable time - Waiver

Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 8:37 AM

Appeal by the accused from a decision dismissing his application for a stay of proceedings due to delay and from his conviction for criminal harassment of his former lover. The accused...

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