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E74| A word to the wise. Read — & understand — your warrant!
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In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Brown, 2024 ONCA 453 where police executed a Feeney warrant to arrest a man as part of the multi-jurisdictional investigation of a gang suspected of criminal activity, including trafficking in drugs and firearms. The warrant did not authorize a no-knock entry but police used a ram to break down the door without prior announcement anyways. A trial judge found the dynamic entry breached the Charter and stayed some, but not all of the charges, under s. 24(1)…
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