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R. v. Blackman: The Principled Approach to Hearsay Revisited

One week after handing down R. v. Devine, 2008 SCC 36, the Supreme Court released its judgment in R. v. Blackman 2008 SCC 37. In both cases, the court unanimously allowed hearsay evidence under the principled exception to hearsay rule. Taken in tandem, Devine (which was canvassed on this blog by Christopher Bird, here and [...]