Edition 9 · Saturday, November 7, 2026
The desk read 1025 decisions from 51 jurisdictions in the last seven days. Forensic evidence came up most, in 38.
Lesson of the day · Deadline · New York
A notice of appeal is due within thirty days after imposition of the sentence. The time runs from service of a copy of the order where the order is not part of a judgment.
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A judge told jurors there was no consent in law unless the complainant communicated it by words or conduct. That is not the law for the act of sexual assault. Combined with a Crown closing that said the accused had every reason to lie, the conviction could not stand.
Undisclosed police records, a witness's requests for a deal and medical records had to be weighed together, not one by one. Taken together they undermined confidence in a capital murder verdict, so a new trial was required.
Twenty-four years after a jury convicted Jennifer Gaskin of manslaughter in the death of her newborn son, fresh expert reports undermined the pathology evidence that shaking caused the death. With the Crown's consent, the court found the conviction unsustainable because of flawed pathological evidence, set it aside, entered an acquittal and called her the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
General information, not legal advice. 120 lessons and 40 grounds so far, each with its authority.