POLSCI 3NN6 Lecture 19: lecture 19.docx
5 Apr 2014
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Search: a search by an officer of state for evidence. Seizure: taking off property that can be used as evidence. The shift has been from property rights to private rights: privacy. R v. plant [1993] 3 scr 281: a leading decision of the supreme court of canada on the protection of personal information under the canadian charter of rights and freedoms. The issue was whether the warrantless perimeter search of the accused home and the seizure of electricity consumption records violated the accused"s right against unreasonable search and seizure undersection 8 of the charter. The court held that the seizure of consumption records was not in violation of section 8, but that the perimeter search did violate the charter. R v. buhay [2003] 1 scr 631: mr. buhay had rented a locker in a winnipeg bus station in which he stored a duffel bag of marijuana.
