R. v. Mills, 1999

From: The Court and the Charter

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A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that provisions of the Criminal Code governing the production of private records to an accused in sexual offence proceedings did not violate the accused’s right to make full answer and defence or the presumption of innocence. A dissenting opinion would have read in limiting language to two of the provisions.

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