R v Chapman: Can You Believe Without Believing?

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Article

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

Charter, Arbitrary Detention or Imprisonment, Exclusion of Evidence

Abstract

As the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal observes in R. v. Chapman, reported ante p. 273, the reasonable grounds to believe standard is a challenging one, because on the one hand it ought not to hamper effective police work, but on the other hand it cannot be watered down in a way that negates the difference between it and reasonable suspicion.

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