Canadian Criminal Procedure and Practice/Cases/Guilty Pleas

Withdraw of Guilty Plea

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Case Citation Result Summary
R. v. Wiebe 2012 BCCA 519 (CanLII) denied
R v Lewis 2012 SKCA 81 (CanLII) accepted accused changed plea with lawyer on day of trial--never admitted offence--appeared confused
R. v. Williams 2012 BCCA 314 denied
R. v. Sutton 2012 NLCA 35 accepted
R. v. Downes 2012 ONCJ 45 denied
R. v. Greenall and Collins 2011 BCPC 28 withdraw denied
Lamontagne 2011 QCCA 1486 GP upheld
R. v. Chisholm 2010 ONSC 3877 denied argued that was not given an option but to plead guilty
R v Messervey 2010 NSCA 55
R v White 2009 NSSC 313
R. v. Maniaol, 2009 ABPC 390 granted withdraw permitted due to misapprehension on admission of intent. Accused believed he was admitting willful blindness in intent when plea required actual intent.(see R. v. Maniaol, 2009 ABPC 390 at para 23)
R. v. McCollum 2008 NSCA 36
R v DWS 2008 BCCA 453 upheld
R. v. K.D.H., 2007 ABPC 264 withdraw granted
R v Leonard 2007 SKCA 128 updheld
R. v. Nevin, 2006 NSCA 72
R. v. Dodge 2005 NSPC 24 guilty plea withdrawn due to false acceptance to help another (see para 22 to 25)
R. v. Moore 2004 BCPC 560 withdraw denied
R v Gold 2004 BCCA 179
R v. McIntosh 2004 NSCA 19
R v Barry 2004 NSCA 145
R. v. Wetmore 2003 ABQB 350 denied
R. v. Hallam 2003 BCPC 201 withdraw denied
R. v. Moser 2002 CanLII 49649 (ON SC) withdraw denied
R v Hector 2000 CanLII 5725 (ON CA) upheld
R v Clermont 1996 NSJ 170
R. v. Pottie 1996 CanLII 5604
R v Murphy 1995 CanLII 4329, [1995] N.S.J. No.41 at 10
R v. S.K. 1995 CanLII 8926 (ON CA) granted
R v. Morris 1994 CanLII 1669 (BC CA) granted
Porter 1994 132 NSR 107
R v. R.T. 1992 CanLII 2834 (ON CA), (1992) 10 OR (3d) 514 (Ont. C.A.) appeal dismissed
R. v. Gautreau 1991 CanLII 4232 (NB CA) dismissed appeal of failed withdraw dismissed - plea with experienced counsel and confirmed in court
R. v. Rubenstein 1987 CanLII 2834 (ON CA) denied guilty plea made with counsel; joint statement of fact submitted. Joint recommendation was rejected;
R v Melanson 1983 NSJ 453
R v Igoe 1982 54 NSR 113
MacNeil 1982 51 NSR 2d 541
R. v. Hansen 1977 ManCA