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==Categorical Exceptions==

===State of Mind===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Wysochan|hv0q1|1930 CanLII 483 (SK CA)|, 54 CCC 172 (SKCA)}}{{perSKCA|Haultain CJ}}|| "there's a bullet in my body" -- admitted
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Edwards|6k30|1994 CanLII 1461 (ON CA)|, 91 CCC (3d) 123 (ONCA)}}{{perONCA|McKinlay JA}} || cell phone messages suggestive of trafficking -- admitted for purpose of establishing the activities of accused and intent to respond.
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===Res Gestae===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Keewatin|fvs3q|2013 ABPC 1 (CanLII)}}{{perABPC|Sully J}}|| rejected
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Villeda|fkpsx|2011 ABCA 85 (CanLII)}}{{TheCourtABCA}} || complainant's 911 call admitted in evidence as res gestae hearsay dispite issues with impairment
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Khan|2drvw|2010 ONCJ 580 (CanLII)}}{{perONCJ|Schwarzl J}} || complainant's 911 call admissible for prosecution as res gestae
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===Statutory===
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! Case Name !! Result !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Alcantara|fqvb2|2012 ABQB 219 (CanLII)}}{{perABQB|Greckol J}} || ||prelim evidence was admitted under s. 715
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Beah|fx8jd|2013 ONSC 2490 (CanLII)}}{{perONSC|Strathy J}} || application under .715(1)(d) granted||
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==[[Principled Exception to Hearsay]]==
===General===
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! Case Name !! Result !! Summary
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|{{CanLIIR-S|Frederickson|fxb22|2013 BCSC 779 (CanLII)}}{{perBCSC|Grist J}} || rejected in part||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Clarke|fvxcd|2013 MBQB 26 (CanLII)}}{{perMBQB|Saull J}} || admitted ||
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|{{CanLIIR-S|House|ftxzg|2012 ONSC 6749 (CanLII)}}{{perONSC|Broad J}} || rejected (agreed stmt)<br> admitted (interview)||
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|{{CanLIIR-S|Serre|frvhv|2012 ONSC 3210 (CanLII)}}{{perONSC|Aitken J}} || admitted || guilty plea and agreed statement of facts of a co-accused are admitted only as far as it covers first-hand knowledge.
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Deelespp|4qnp|2002 ABPC 85 (CanLII)}}{{perABPC|Allen J}} || admitted||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Agwa and Ojulu|fkp4c|2011 MBPC 21 (CanLII)}}{{perMBPC|Elliott J}} || admitted||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Sasakamoose|223vn|2008 SKPC 164 (CanLII)}}{{perSKPC|Kolenick J}} || rejected||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|EC|1sr4m|2007 SKPC 27 (CanLII)}}{{perSKPC|Gray J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|KPH|1wn82|2007 ABQB 728 (CanLII)}}{{perABQB|Thomas J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Kontzamanis|1tggk|2007 BCSC 1603 (CanLII)}}{{perBCSC|Dillon J}} || dismissed||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Williams|1mngl|2006 NSCA 23 (CanLII)|, [2006] NSJ No. 63 (NSCA)}}{{perNSCA|Oland JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Sigovin| [2006] OJ No 1967 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}||admitted||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|White|1q4pf|2006 ABQB 888 (CanLII)}}{{perABQB|Moreau J}} || dismissed||
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|{{CanLIIR-S|Adam et al|1p876|2006 BCSC 1355 (CanLII)}}{{perBCSC|Romilly J}} |||| 
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Aronis|1jp70|2005 CanLII 2057 (ON SC)| [2005] OJ No 286 (Ont. S.C.)}}{{perONSC|Howden J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Beckmann|1k4j1|2005 ABQB 227 (CanLII)|, [2005] AJ No 385 (Alta. QB)}}{{perABQB|Lee J}} ||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Levesque| [2004] OJ No 2528 (Ont. S.C.)}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|AM|1hsh0|2004 ONCJ 185 (CanLII)|, [2004] O.J. No 3770 (Ont. S.C.)}}{{perONSC|Hackett J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Johnson|1hjwq|2004 NSCA 91 (CanLII)|, [2004] NSJ No. 280 (NSCA)}}{{perNSCA|Oland JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Michaud|1h4tx|2004 CanLII 7714 (ON CA)| [2004] OJ No 2098, (Ont. C.A.)}}{{TheCourt}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|PSB|1x6bd|2004 NSCA 25 (CanLII)|, [2004] NSJ No. 49 (NSCA)}}{{perNSCA|Cromwell JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Singh| [2004] OJ No 1799 (Ont. Ct. Jus)}} ||admitted ||Domestic offence
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Scott|1jddq|2004 NSCA 141 (CanLII)|, [2004] NSJ No. 451 (NSCA)}}{{perNSCA|Fichaud JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Malik|1gnbq|2004 BCSC 299 (CanLII)|, [2004] BCJ No. 456 (BCSC)}}{{perBCSC|Josephson J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Morehouse|1gfpp|2004 ABQB 97 (CanLII)|, [2004] AJ No 123 (Alta. Q.B.)}}{{perABQB|Rooke J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Strauss|1jp7d|2004 SKPC 146 (CanLII)|, [2004] S.J. No. 846 (Sask. Prov. Ct.)}}{{perSKPC|Carter J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Wodage| [2004] M.J. No. 61 (Man. Prov. Ct.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Prince|1hd9s|2004 BCPC 163 (CanLII)|, [2004] BCJ No. 1277 (BC. Prov. Ct.)}}{{perBCPC|Brecknell J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Czibulka|1hsbz|2004 CanLII 22985 (ON CA)| [2004] OJ No 3273 (Ont. C.A.)}}{{perONCA|Rosenberg JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Nolin|41|2003 CanLII 5923 (MB PC)| [2003] M.J. No. 270 (Man. Prov. Ct.)}}{{perMBPC|Sandhu J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Wilder|1gn9x|2003 BCSC 1840 (CanLII)|, [2003] BCJ No. 2884}}{{perBCSC|Romilly J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Campbell|4v1j|2002 NSCA 35 (CanLII)|, [2002] NSJ No. 120 (NSCA)}}{{perNSCA|Bateman JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Nazareth| [2002] OJ No 4085 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Nejad|5ccb|2002 BCPC 617 (CanLII)|, [2002] BCJ No. 3067 (B.C. Prov. Ct.)}}{{perBCPC|Chen J}} ||statement admitted|| domestic violence -- gave different story from handwritten statement--statement consistent with 911 call and other evidence--no duress in statement, written over 45 minutes
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|EJF|4v2n|2001 NSCA 158 (CanLII)|, [2001] NSJ No. 434 (NSCA)}}{{perNSCA|Bateman JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Oakley|5fcd|2001 NSPC 36 (CanLII)|, [2001] NSJ No. 537 (NS Prov. Ct.)}}{{perNSPC|C Williams J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Pennell|4v28|2001 NSPC 12 (CanLII)|, [2001] NSJ No. 211(NS Prov. Ct.)}}{{perNSPC|C Williams J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Nguyen|5rkq|2001 ABCA 98 (CanLII)|, [2001] AJ No 513 (Alta. C.A.)}}{{TheCourtABCA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Glowatski|4z3x|2001 BCCA 678 (CanLII)|, [2001] BCJ No. 2499 (BCCA)}}{{perBCCA|Hall JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Auger|5brp|2001 NWTSC 30 (CanLII)|, [2001] N.W.T.J. No. 45 (NWT Sup. Ct.)}}{{perNWTSC|Schuler J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Morrissey| [2001] OJ No 498 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Armstrong| [2001] OJ No 2348 (Ont. Sup. Ct. Jus.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|JM| [2001] OJ No 1748 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Lavallee|1l7p6|2000 CanLII 19585 (SK PC)| [2000] S.J. No. 43 (Sask. Prov. Ct.)}}{{perSKPC|Ebert J}} ||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Diu|1fb7m|2000 CanLII 4535 (ON CA)| [2000] OJ No 1770 (Ont. C.A.)}}{{perONCA|Sharpe JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Deschenes|[2000] OJ No 4658 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|RB| [2000] OJ No 1888 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Schwartzenburg| [2000] OJ No 2655 (ONSC)}} ||not admitted ||domestic offence
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Van Osselaer|1d3hb|1999 CanLII 5913 (BC SC)}} and [http://canlii.ca/t/1d3hc 1999 CanLII 6976] (BC SC), [1999] BCJ No. 3140 (BCSC)}}{{perBCSC|MacAulay J}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|St. Croix|fwvmw|1999 CanLII 19721 (NL SCTD)|, [1999] N.J. 214 (Nfld. S.C.)}}{{perNLSC|Barry J}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|MacLeod| [1999] OJ No 4325}}||statement admitted ||domestic offence--victim claimed at trial it was accident--not under oath or video tapted
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Duong| [1999] OJ No 1651 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Merz|1f9tv|1999 CanLII 1647 (ON CA)| (1999) 140 CCC (3d) 259 (Ont. C.A.)}}{{perONCA|Doherty JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Bartlett| [1999] OJ No 3313 (Ont. Ct. Jus.)}}||statement admitted ||domestic offence--statement given within an hour of incident, detailed and signed--witness agreed contents were reliable to what was said--
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|SH| [1998] O.J. No 613 (Ont. Prov. Ct.)}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Fraser|1gmp9|1997 CanLII 2562 (NS SC)| [1997] NSJ No. 541 (NSSC)}}{{perNSSC|Carver J}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Conway|4rfx|1997 CanLII 2726 (ON CA)| (1997) 121 CCC (3d) 397 (Ont C.A.)}}{{perONCA|Labrosse JA}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIRP-SN|O’Keefe| [1997] N.J. No. 314 (Nfld. Prov. Ct.)}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Chartrand| [1997] M.J. No. 552 (Man. Q.B.)}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Mohamed| [1997] OJ No 1298 (Ont. Prov. Ct.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Campbell| [1997] OJ No 5837 (Ont. Prov. Ct.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|WB| [1997] OJ No 5382 (Ont. Prov. Ct.)}} ||||domestic assault, threats--witness gave video statement, left country--admitted statement--corroboration
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Leopold| [1996] NSJ No. 544 (NS Prov. Ct)}}|| ||
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Pottie|1mpvm|1996 CanLII 5604 (NS CA)| [1996] NSJ No. 138 (NSCA)}}{{perNSCA|Puglsey JA}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Collins| [1996] OJ No 2881 (Ont Prov. Ct.)}}||statement admitted||recanted witness
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|JK| [1996] BCJ No. 2751 (B.C.Y.C.)}}||||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Woycheshen| [1996] M.J. No. 570 (Man. Prov. Ct.)}} ||statement not admitted||
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|Smart| [1995] OJ No 4182 (Ont. Prov. Ct.)}} || ||
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===Deceased witness===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Chretien|22p4d|2009 CanLII 9390 (ON SC)}}{{perONSC|Aitken J}} || video statement admitted for truth of contents under KGB
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Kociuk|2413m|2009 MBQB 162 (CanLII)}}{{perMBQB|Joyal ACJ}} || confession to murder by a deceased third party held admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|McCotter|fpvlp|2012 BCCA 54 (CanLII)}}{{perBCCA|Ryan JA}} || statements made to co-workers before death admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Candir|2754x|2009 ONCA 915 (CanLII)}}{{perONCA|Watt JA}} || admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Fairburn|24mpd|2009 CanLII 37714 (ONSC)}}{{perONSC|Poupore J}} || admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Mohammed|1s081|2007 ONCA 513 (CanLII)}}{{TheCourtONCA}} || admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Assoun|1n38p|2006 NSCA 47 (CanLII)}}{{TheCourtNSCA}}||
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Ackland|1nc1j|2006 ABQB 347 (CanLII)}}{{perABQB|Germain J}} || deceased mother's statement excluded
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Solic|1lxcz|2003 ABQB 1069 (CanLII)}}{{perABQB|Slatter J}} || deceased gave video statement; admissible
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===Recanting witness===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|CM|fr983|2012 ABPC 102 (CanLII)}}{{perABPC|Franklin J}} || witness gave preliminary inquiry testimony, later said that it was all a lie--prior statement admitted
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| {{CanLIIR-SN|McCormack et al|1z16w|2008 ONCJ 286 (CanLII)}}{{perONCJ|Beatty J}} || prior written statement evidence partially admitted
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Tomlinson|21j01|2008 CanLII 58424 (ONSC)}}{{perONSC|Archibald J}} || oral utterance to police; inadmissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Devine|1qtfp|2007 ABCA 49 (CanLII)}}{{TheCourtABCA}} (2:1) || girlfriend keeps changing story; ID evidence admitted
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Rombough|1sgk0|2006 ABPC 262 (CanLII)}}{{perABPC|Kerby J}} || video statement admitted 
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Nejad|1p370|2004 BCSC 1819 (CanLII)}}{{perBCSC|Truscott J}} || statement to police admitted
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Duong|25jsf|2009 MBCA 85 (CanLII)}} and [http://canlii.ca/t/6gmb 1998 CanLII 3585] (ON C.A.){{TheCourtONCA}} || reject prior testimony of co-accused placing accused at scene; witness proven liar
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Hrynyk|4pjh|1998 ABPC 160 (CanLII)}}{{perABPC|Ketchum J}} || under oath statement admitted
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===Forgetful witnesses===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| ''R v Thomas (R.J.)'', {{perMBCA|Monnin JA}} ||"forgetful" witness gave video statement; admitted.
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Woodard|23cvr|2009 MBCA 42 (CanLII)}}{{perMBCA|Chartier JA}} || "forgetful" witness; prior statement admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|EC|1sr4m|2007 SKPC 27 (CanLII)}}{{perSKPC|Gray J}} || witness "forgets"; prior statement admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Moreau|1nbhg|2006 NUCJ 8 (CanLII)}}{{perNUCJ|Kilpatrick J}} || prior statement not admitted
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Malik and Bagri|1gnbq|2004 BCSC 2004 (CanLII)}}{{perBCSC|Josephson J}} || forgetful witness gave statement; admitted as past recollection recorded
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===Refusal to testify===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Cansanay|23z38|2009 MBCA 59 (CanLII)}}{{perMBCA|Monnin JA}} || gang members refuse to testify; overturn exclusion of statements
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| {{CanLIIR-S|U(S)|1svv5|2007 NUCJ 20 (CanLII)}}{{perNUCJ|Johnson J}} || statement admitted
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Goodstoney|1jvpb|2005 ABQB 128 (CanLII)}}{{perABQB|Rooke J}} || 2 out of 3 KGB statements rejected
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|{{CanLIIR-S|Scott|1jddq|2004 NSCA 141 (CanLII)}}{{perNSCA|Fichaud JA}} || KGB statement wrongly admitted in [http://canlii.ca/t/1gmnh 2004 NSSC 13] (CanLII)
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Charles|1mcrn|1997 CanLII 9699 (SKCA)}}{{perSKCA|Cameron JA}} || 3 prior statements inadmissible 
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===Disabled witness===
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Pearson|23263|1994 CanLII 8751 (BCCA)}}{{perBCCA|Taylor JA}}||
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===Youthful witness===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Weselak|1qwr2|1999 CanLII 14165 (MBQB)}}{{perMBQB|Menzies J}} || admitted PI testimony of child
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===Otherwise unavailable===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Clark|1z3vs|2008 ABQB 384 (CanLII)}}{{perABQB|Lee J}} || missing witness; PI testimony admissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Lewis|5dc1|2003 NSPC 3 (CanLII)}}{{perNSPC|C Williams J}} || witness gave 2 statements, was available but failed to attend court; statement inadmissible
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| {{CanLIIR-S|May|frjqj|2012 BCSC 802 (CanLII)}}{{perBCSC|Williams J}} || admissible - Preliminary Inquiry transcript
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===Confession===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Edgar|2br4d|2010 ONCA 529 (CanLII)}}{{perONCA|Sharpe JA}} || prior statements admitted
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==Misc==
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Singh-Murray|fp3qx|2011 NBPC 33 (CanLII)}}{{perNBPC|McCarroll J}} || KGB statement not admissible
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===Domestic Violence cases===
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! Case Name !! Summary
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Abel|fq2cl|2011 NLTD 173 (CanLII)}}{{perNLSC|Stack J}} || hearsay evidence of murder victim reporting multiple incidents of violence to family was inadmissible under principled approach
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Pasqualino|1zg5v|2008 ONCA 554 (CanLII)}}{{perONCA|LaForme JA}} || admitted for est. motive, intent and animus -- statement of victim reporting past physical and verbal abuse.
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Moo|25kzl|2009 ONCA 645 (CanLII)}}{{perONCA|Watt JA}} || statement by deceased reporting nature of relationship and marriage -- admitted for 1) motive, intent, and animus 2) rebut accused claim of unintentional killing and 3) credibility if accused testifies
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Candir|2754x|2009 ONCA 915 (CanLII)}}{{perONCA|Watt JA}} ||150 statements of deceased to show state of mind -- admitted for motive, animus and identity of killer and state of mind of killer (para 51)
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Polimac|29plv|2010 ONCA 346 (CanLII)}}{{perONCA|Doherty JA}}|| admitted to establish motive in domestic homicide 
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Bari|1q41l|2006 NBCA 119 (CanLII)}}{{perNBCA|Deschênes JA}} || admissible to show victim's fear / state of mind
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Van Osselaer|58kj|2002 BCCA 464 (CanLII)}}{{perBCCA|Hall JA}} || admissible to show nature of relationship bw accused and deceased, show motive and identity of killer, shows intent, rebut defence of accident, narrative  
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| {{CanLIIR-S|Misir|1fn6n|2001 BCCA 202 (CanLII)}}{{perBCCA|Proudfoot JA}} || admitted to prove intent, motive and identity, and relationship between the parties
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| {{CanLIIRP-S|Nickerson|1h36w|1996 CanLII 3664 (NS SC)| [1996] NSJ No. 342}}{{perNSSC|Haliburton J}} || 3 witnesses recanted, saying they forgot, were intoxicated at time, were misunderstood by police--court admitted prior statements--reliability found based on separate and corroborating statements, the witnesses understood need for truth, and it was accurately recorded
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