Morelli (2010)

Tracking the Trends in the Supreme Court's Engagement with Internet-Based Child Sexual Exploitation: Reconciling the Recent Decisions in Morelli and Legare

In September, I wrote my first post on this site on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the first appearance of the word “internet” in the Court’s jurisprudence. In that post, I offered some commentary and analysis on the Court’s engagement with the internet age thus far and how it has impacted its reasoning. […]

R v Morelli: Understanding Criminal Possession of Digital Property

In R v Morelli, 2010 SCC 8, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") was faced with a number of complex and intertwined legal issues. The child pornography case turned on the validity of a search warrant obtained on a faulty and problematic ITO (Information to Obtain a Search Warrant). The majority and the dissent had dueling interpretations […]