SUPREME COURT OF Nova Scotia
Citation: R. v. Calnen, 2015 NSSC 319
Date: 2015-11-04
Docket: CRH No. 426776
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Her Majesty the Queen
v.
Paul Trevor Calnen
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Judge: |
The Honourable Justice James L. Chipman |
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Heard: |
November 3, 2015 in Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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Subject: |
Admissibility of text messages |
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Summary: |
Voir dire held on the admissibility of whether a series of text messages and cell phone records involving the deceased victim should be admitted into evidence. |
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Issues: |
Has the Crown (who seeks to introduce the hearsay evidence) brought the text and phone call records within the exception to the hearsay rule? |
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Result: |
The Court applied a functional approach in determining that all of the records met the reliability test and should be admitted into evidence.
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