Section 24(2) in the Trial Courts: An Empirical Analysis of the Legal and Non-legal Determinants of Excluding Unconstitutionally Obtained Evidence in Canada

• Main Authors: Penney, Steven, Yahya, Moin A
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Osgoode Digital Commons 2021
• Subjects: Criminal law; Evidence; 24(2); Charter; Empirical Analysis of Courts; Constitutional Law; Courts; Criminal Procedure; British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol58/iss3/10; https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3517&context=ohlj

This empirical study explores the legal and non-legal factors influencing trial judges’ decisions to admit or exclude illegally obtained evidence under s. 24(2) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Mining an original dataset of 1,472 reported decisions from 2013-2018, we found little evid...