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R v G.T.D.: When Six Words in a Police Caution Infringe Rights to Counsel

“Do you wish to say anything?” On February 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided in R v G.T.D., 2018 SCC 7 [G.T.D.] that those six words, said by an arresting officer to the accused, were sufficient to breach G.T.D’s rights to counsel under section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms […]