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This is a database of lists of cases connected to particular criminal law issues. You can read the full text for most of the cases listed by visiting https://www.canlii.org/. If you are a law student, student-at-law, or a lawyer and you have additional cases that should be added to this list, please contact us at the email address at the bottom of this page. This portion of the database contains notes (some of which are quite old) made by the author and various students.

R. v. Schmautz

53 C.C.C. (3d) 556

Facts

SCC

From the decision: "In assessing whether to admit or exclude the evidence of the appellant's refusal to comply with the breathalyzer demand in the instant appeal, it is important to bear in mind the following facts: first, as I have previously mentioned, there existed a factual link between the detention and the right to be informed of the right to counsel. The appellant was told that he was being questioned in [page563] relation to a hit-and-run accident and was soon after detained for him to comply with a breathalyzer demand in relation to his having driven the alleged hit-and-run car. From a factual standpoint, the latter offence is undoubtedly connected to the former. Secondly, it must be noted that the appellant was never physically "detained" by the police officers nor was he taken to police headquarters for questioning. He remained in his own home and was at liberty to contact a lawyer at any time he deemed necessary. He was, in the light of the criteria set out by this court in R. v. Therens, supra, legally "detained" as regards s. 10 of the Charter, but this form of detention is to be contrasted with the physical restraint usually imposed following an arrest. Thirdly, the evidence shows that the police officers acted in good faith throughout the proceedings and never wilfully or knowingly breached the appellant's rights."

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