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E70| Taking stock of an inventory search.
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In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Court of Appeal decision R. v. Donovan, 2024 BCCA 213, where an officer claimed a search — resulting in the discovery of GHB and methamphetamine — was to inventory an impounded vehicle’s contents. Defence argued the evidence found during the inventory — a search related to concerns extraneous to the criminal law — should not be admissible in a criminal trial. Was the accused right? Or could the evidence discovered during the inventory search be used in a criminal prosecution?
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