guilty plea

R v Nahanee: Notices and Further Submissions in Contested Sentencing Hearings

Content Warning: This article mentions instances of sexual violence that may be triggering for some readers. R v Nahanee, 2022 SCC 37 [Nahanee] is a case which addressed two key issues related to contested sentencing hearings following a guilty plea. The first issue was whether sentencing judges could depart from sentencing ranges proposed by the […]

R v Wong: Informed Guilty Pleas Require Knowledge of Collateral Immigration Consequences

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or the “Court”) in R v Wong, 2018 SCC 25 [Wong, SCC] held that guilty pleas must be informed. This means that the accused must be aware of the nature of the allegations made against him/her, the effect of the plea, and the collateral consequences of the plea, […]