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70 U. Toronto Fac. L. Rev. 167 (2012)
2011 Year in Review: Constitutional Developments in Canadian Criminal Law

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IN CANADIAN CRIMINAL LAW
MARC GIBSON & KAI SHEFFIELD
I. INTRODUCTION                                                         168
II.     PROCEDURAL RIGHTS                                               169
i. An extradition judge may stay proceedings due to conduct
of the requesting state that does not affect the fairness
of the committal hearing                                     169
ii. Protections against self-incrimination do not apply to evidence
that may be used to impeach credibility but not to prove guilt  170
III.    PRIVACY RIGHTS AND POLICE POWERS                                171
i. Expectations of digital privacy in child pornography cases   171
ii. Limitations on searches that are incidental to other
law enforcement duties                                       173
IV.     MINORITY RIGHTS                                                 175
i. First Nations underrepresentation on jury rolls
contravenes the Charter                                       175
ii. The Youth Criminal Justice Act does not create special
constitutional guarantees for young persons                   177
iii. Freedom of religion does not justify unreasonable
harm to children                                              178
iv. Immigration consequences are relevant to criminal sentencing
if the accused has legal status in Canada                    179
V.      APPENDIX: 2011 SIGNIFICANT CASES                                180

2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

SPRING 2012

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