CRIM 330- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)

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The law of criminal procedure is meaningless unless the crown can prove its case, and to prove its case the crown requires evidence. Ou(cid:396) s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) is a(cid:271)out a (cid:862)(cid:395)ualified sea(cid:396)(cid:272)h fo(cid:396) t(cid:396)uth(cid:863), a sea(cid:396)(cid:272)h fo(cid:396) legal t(cid:396)uth (cid:396)athe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) si(cid:373)pl(cid:455) a sea(cid:396)(cid:272)h for factual truth. An unfettered search for factual truth would mean accepting greater state powers and a corresponding diminishing of individual rights and freedoms. It is when the state has or may have gone too far in gathering evidence (thus violating rights and freedoms) that the question of admissibility of evidence arises. The legal status of illegally obtained evidence in canada toda(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t a(cid:396)ise (cid:449)ithout a (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t. Historically under the common law illegally obtained real evidence was admissible at trial: (cid:862)it (cid:373)atte(cid:396)s (cid:374)ot ho(cid:449) (cid:455)ou get it; if (cid:455)ou steal it e(cid:448)e(cid:374), it (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e ad(cid:373)issi(cid:271)le as e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (leatham, 1861)

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