E63| Bench behaving badly. Was out-of-court conversation out-of-bounds?

Legal Issues In Policing · Apr 30, 2024 · 15m

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In this episode, Mike discusses the New Brunswick Court of Appeal decision R. v. Morrison, 2024 NBCA 54 where a trial judge personally called two police officers to get more information about a case he was presiding over? Was this out-of-court contact off-side? Or was the judge simply clarifying what he heard in court? Should the serious charges facing the accused be stayed? What would you do if a judge called to ask questions about a case? And what happened to the judge?

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