R v Storrey | |
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Hearing: 3 November 1989 Judgment: 15 February 1990 | |
Full case name | Ronald Percy Storrey, Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen, Respondent |
Citations | [1990] 1 S.C.R. 241 |
Docket No. | 19725 [1] |
Prior history | on appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario |
Ruling | The appeal should be dismissed. |
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Reasons given | |
Unanimous reasons by | Cory, J. |
R v Storrey [1990] 1 S.C.R. 241 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the authority of police officers to make arrests. In addition to an officer's subjective belief that there are reasonable and probable grounds for arrest, the Court stipulated the grounds must be objectively justifiable.
In his judgement, Cory J. followed R v Brown (1987 NSCA) and Liversidge v Anderson in stating: [2]
R v Storrey | |
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Hearing: 3 November 1989 Judgment: 15 February 1990 | |
Full case name | Ronald Percy Storrey, Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen, Respondent |
Citations | [1990] 1 S.C.R. 241 |
Docket No. | 19725 [1] |
Prior history | on appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario |
Ruling | The appeal should be dismissed. |
Court membership | |
Reasons given | |
Unanimous reasons by | Cory, J. |
R v Storrey [1990] 1 S.C.R. 241 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the authority of police officers to make arrests. In addition to an officer's subjective belief that there are reasonable and probable grounds for arrest, the Court stipulated the grounds must be objectively justifiable.
In his judgement, Cory J. followed R v Brown (1987 NSCA) and Liversidge v Anderson in stating: [2]