PROCEDURE - Crown’s duties - Disclosure

Law360 Canada ( July 26, 2021, 9:27 AM EDT) -- Appeal by Dadmand from his convictions for sexual assault of five complainants. Police obtained a warrant for the appellant’s home and seized several items including computers, laptops and mobile devices. Subsequent searches of the devices revealed videos and photographs of the appellant engaged in sexual acts with several women, including some who could not be identified. Prior to trial, the appellant unsuccessfully applied for disclosure of all materials searched and seized by the police pursuant to the search warrant, including those related to complainants not named in the indictment (“uncharged complainants”). The trial judge found there was no reasonable possibility the material related to the uncharged complainants would assist the appellant in making full answer and defence. He subsequently dismissed the appellant’s challenges to the validity of the search warrant and the manner of the police search....
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