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E116| Did apartment search warrant authorize entry through building's common areas to execute it?
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In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Supreme Court decision R. v. Dodd, 2025 BCSC 591 where police executed a search warrant at an apartment located in a 50 unit building. The warrant did not expressly authorize the police to move through the common areas inside the building to get to the door of the apartment, nor was permission sought from building management or another resident to enter. Did the police conduct amount to an unlawful search — thereby breaching the accused’s s. 8 Charter right — when they walked through the…
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