SCC Declines to Distinguish Between Express and Implied Verbal Statements for the Purpose of Hearsay Analysis and Applies a Principled Approach to Admitting Drug Purchase Calls in R v Baldree
In May 2006, two police officers responded to a report of a possible break-and-enter. Inside an apartment they found a pound of marijuana alongside an open safe containing 90 grams of cocaine. Four people were arrested. At the station, a cellphone belonging to one of the detainees rang and was answered by a police officer. […]