From Criminal Law Notebook
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Authentication of Documents
Affidavit Authenticating Docs in Possession
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C A N A D A File# ________________
PROVINCE OF [PROVINCE]
COUNTY OF [COUNTY]
IN THE [LEVEL OF COURT] OF [PROVINCE]
([name] Region)
BETWEEN:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING
– and –
[ACCUSED NAME]
AFFIDAVIT OF [AFFIANT NAME]
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I, [Affiant name], of [City], in the [Community] and Province of [Province], make oath and say as follows that:
- I have personal knowledge of the matters and facts hereinafter deposed to except where stated to be on information and belief and where so stated, I verily believe the same to be true.
- I hold the position of Support Staff with [name of organization] and work as a legal assistant to [name of lawyer];
- In my role as Support Staff I am tasked with duties including:
- Preparing, sending, receiving, printing, cataloguing and filing of prosecution documents, including [name of specific type documents at issue such as disclosure, court records, transcripts], in relation to [name of lawyer's] active criminal files;
- Requesting copies of court records and transcriptions of court hearings for [name of lawyer];
- I have completed the tasked duties listed above in relation to the prosecution documents in possession of my office on the matter of [name of file]
- I do verily believe that the following documents are true copies of the prosecution documents, including disclosure, court records, court transcripts, and other materials that I have prepared, received, printed, and/or catalogued as part of my duties in relation to the noted matter:
- Exhibit 1: ...
- ...
SWORN/AFFIRMED TO at [city], in the region of
[region], Province of
[province], this [day]
day of [month], 20____, before me:
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Commissioner of Oaths/Barrister of
the [level] Court of [province]
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[Internal File Coding]
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Authentication of Production Order Results (487.0192(5))
Affidavit Authenticating Docs in Possession
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C A N A D A File# ________________
PROVINCE OF [PROVINCE]
COUNTY OF [COUNTY]
IN THE [LEVEL OF COURT] OF [PROVINCE]
([name] Region)
BETWEEN:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING
– and –
[ACCUSED NAME]
AFFIDAVIT OF [AFFIANT NAME]
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I, [Affiant name], of [City], in the [Community] and Province of [Province], make oath and say as follows that:
- I have personal knowledge of the matters and facts hereinafter deposed to except where stated to be on information and belief and where so stated, I verily believe the same to be true.
- I hold the position of [position] with [name of organization];
- In my role as [position] I am tasked with duties including:
- Preparing, sending, receiving, printing, cataloguing and filing of documents...;
- I do verily believe that the attached documents (attached hereto as Exhibit A) are true copies of the records held by [name of organization].
SWORN/AFFIRMED TO at [city], in the region of
[region], Province of
[province], this [day]
day of [month], 20____, before me:
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Commissioner of Oaths/Barrister of
the [level] Court of [province]
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) [Affiant Name]
) [Affiant title]
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[Internal File Coding]
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Websites
Affidavit Authenticating Webpages
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C A N A D A File# ________________
PROVINCE OF [PROVINCE]
COUNTY OF [COUNTY]
IN THE [LEVEL OF COURT] OF [PROVINCE]
([name] Region)
BETWEEN:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING
– and –
[ACCUSED NAME]
AFFIDAVIT OF [AFFIANT NAME]
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I, [Affiant name], of [City], in the [Community] and Province of [Province], make oath and say as follows that:
- I have personal knowledge of the matters and facts hereinafter deposed to except where stated to be on information and belief and where so stated, I verily believe the same to be true.
- I hold the position of Support Staff with [name of orgnaization] and work as a legal assistant to [name of lawyer];
- My role as Support Staff I am tasked with duties including requesting, receiving, collecting and compiling records and documents, including those held by the courts, parties to proceedings, or third-parties, relevant to the proceedings against active criminal files managed by [name of lawyer];
- On or around [date], I was tasked with accessing and preserving a named publicly available webpage, identified by the URL web address (hereinafter "webpage"):
- [name of URL]
- On [date], I accessed the requested webpage using [name of web browser. e.g. Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer] on my office workstation.
- To the best of my knowledge and experience, they were functioning properly while I accessed the webpages. At no time did I observe any system errors or failures in the systems that I believe could reasonably affect their integrity. I do not have any reason to believe that the systems I was using were not operating properly.
- I preserved the webpage by [printing the page, making a screenshot, or downloading the page].
- I do verily believe that the following documents are true copies of the preserved webpage that I viewed online on [date of access]:
- Exhibit 1: ...
- The documents fairly and accurately represent [describe the information that is claimed to be accurate] that was visible to me when accessing the webpage using the web browser. Any artifacts visible on the document do not affect [information that is claimed to be accurate]
SWORN/AFFIRMED TO at [city], in the region of
[region], Province of
[province], this [day]
day of [month], 20____, before me:
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Commissioner of Oaths/Barrister of
the [level] Court of [province]
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) [Affiant Name]
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[Internal File Coding]
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Google Maps and Streetview
Affidavit Authenticating Webpages
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C A N A D A File# ________________
PROVINCE OF [PROVINCE]
COUNTY OF [COUNTY]
IN THE [LEVEL OF COURT] OF [PROVINCE]
([name] Region)
BETWEEN:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING
– and –
[ACCUSED NAME]
AFFIDAVIT OF [AFFIANT NAME]
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I, [Affiant name], of [City], in the [Community] and Province of [Province], make oath and say as follows that:
- I have personal knowledge of the matters and facts hereinafter deposed to except where stated to be on information and belief and where so stated, I verily believe the same to be true.
- I hold the position of Support Staff with [name of orgnaization] and work as a legal assistant to [name of lawyer];
- My role as Support Staff I am tasked with duties including requesting, receiving, collecting and compiling records and documents, including those held by the courts, parties to proceedings, or third-parties, relevant to the proceedings against active criminal files managed by [name of lawyer];
- On or around March 19, 2019, I was tasked with accessing and preserving a named publicly available webpage, identified by the URL web address (hereinafter "webpage"):
- http://maps.google.ca
- On [date], I accessed the requested webpage using [name of web browser. e.g. Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer] on my office workstation.
- To the best of my knowledge and experience, they were functioning properly while I accessed the webpages. At no time did I observe any system errors or failures in the systems that I believe could reasonably affect their integrity. I do not have any reason to believe that the systems I was using were not operating properly.
- I am able to preserve the webpage by [printing the page, making a screenshot, or downloading the page].
- I went online and accessed the website http://maps.google.ca. I used the interface to search for the following locations and displayed them in “satellite view”. Using the interface I am able to view the area in a standard map format or a satellite format. I am able to view the map top-down from any cardinal direction or at angles simulating a “bird’s eye” view. I located and preserved Google Map views showing following:
- Exhibit 1a: ...
- On or around the same time and place, I went online and accessed the website http://maps.google.ca. I used the interface to search for the following locations and displayed them in “street view". Using the interface, I am able to view a 360-degree panoramic photograph taken from any selected street on the map. I located and preserved Google Streetview views showing the following:
- Exhibit 1b: ...
- The documents fairly and accurately represent [describe the information that is claimed to be accurate] that was visible to me when accessing the webpage using the web browser. Any artifacts visible or cropping of edges on the document do not affect [information that is claimed to be accurate and fairly represented].
SWORN/AFFIRMED TO at [city], in the region of
[region], Province of
[province], this [day]
day of [month], 20____, before me:
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Commissioner of Oaths/Barrister of
the [level] Court of [province]
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) [Affiant Name]
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[Internal File Coding]
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