Canadian Criminal Procedure and Practice/Cases/Warrant Searches

Generally

Case	Citation	s.8	s.24	Summary
R. v. Dowling	2011 ABQB 790	N	N	search warrant of house with suspicious traffic
R. v. Mahmood	2011 ONCA 693	N	-	warrant for cell phone number log upheld
R. v. Ngo	2011 ONSC 6676	N	-	search warrant upheld on s. 8 challenge
R. v. Lee	2011 ABCA 310			warrant to enter home upheld
R. v. Nguyen	2011 ONCA 465			search warrant challenged; no violation
R. v. Pike	2010 NLTD 97	Y	?	secured blood samples prior to warrant being issued
R. v. Nguyen	2002 BCPC 12	N	-	search warrant executed to search house; police also searched parked car
R. v. Puskas	1997 CanLII 1159	Y	N	Search warrant to house based on anonymous tip upheld trial level acquitted; overturned on issue of s.24(2) analysis
R. v. Nguyen and Nguyen	2010 ONSC 1520	Y	Y
R. v. Parasiris	2008 QCCS 2460	Y	?

• R. v. Watts, 2012 ONSC 1865 -- no s.8 violation—ITO search warrant for hard entry into house looking for guns and drugs—warrant based on confidential informer—contained errors—upheld
• R. v. Darby, 2012 ABCA 27 || ITO upheld anonymous informer
• R. v. Dionisi, 2012 ABCA 20 || ITO upheld, based on anonymous informer
• R. v. Morgan, 2012 ONCA 28 -- ITO found valid despite errors in affidavit

Tele-warrants

• R v Lendzion 2012 ABPC 59 -- upheld

Wire taps

R. v Bulatci, 2012 NWTCA 6 -- wiretap of accused in prison violated s.8 but admissible

• R. v. Martin, 2010 NBCA 41 [1] || breach of s.8 found, evidence NOT excluded under s. 24(2)
• R. v. Della Penna, 2012 BCCA 3 || wiretap allowed on appeal

Bodily sample

• R. v. Ramage, 2010 ONCA 488 -- breach s. 8; saved under s.24(2)
• R. v. Emshey, 2010 ABPC 237 -- s.8 violation; admitted under s.24(2)