R v Sahal

Steve Coughlan

R v Sahal

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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.

Original language	Canadian English
Journal	Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Publication status	Published - Jan. 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

Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Evidence
Law

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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R v Sahal

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