Article
R v Sahal
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Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Keywords
- Criminal Law,
- Canada,
- Charter,
- Arbitrary Detention or Imprisonment,
- Unreasonable Search and Seizure,
- Reasonable Grounds,
- Right to Counsel,
- Detention,
- Arrest or Detention
Disciplines
Abstract
The key question in the case was whether police had met the reasonable suspicion standard in detaining the accused for investigative purposes. That is a relatively easily met standard, requiring only the reasonable possibility of crime, and the Supreme Court has acknowledged that that means that innocent people will end up being stopped because of it. Nonetheless, Justice Copeland found here that the standard was not met on the evidence before her.
Citation Information
Stephen Coughlan, "R v Sahal", Case Comment, (2021) 68 CR (7th) 136.
Case comment on R v Sahal, 2020 ONSC 6924.