Sunday
Dec012013
APPROVED INSTRUMENT MAINTENANCE LOGS DISCLOSURE - UPDATE

The R. v. St-Onge Lamoureux case is now one year old. Cases dealing with disclosure of approved instrument documents are now progressing through courts. In some cases forensic toxicologists were called to provide testimony. However in some cases there was testimony from police officers. Reviewing the following cases may assist police officers who are called to testify in those situations:
Alberta - R. v. Sutton, 2013 ABPC 308 and R. v. Howie, 2013 ABPC 288
Ontario - R. v. Oleksiuk, 2013 ONSC 5258 and R. v. Parizeau, 2013 ONCJ 302
Saskatchewan - R. v. Hudye, 2013 SKPC 122 and R. v. Pankiw, 2013 SKPC 47