R v Gassner

Decided: 2026-10-01. Docket: CACR3917. Citation: 2026 SKCA 108 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Firearms offences — Appeal — Convictions for firearms-related offences under the Criminal Code — Whether convictions can stand where Charter applications dismissed on erroneous arrest analysis — Arrest, search, and admissibility issues linked to seized loaded pistol and ammunition — Convictions quashed and new trial directed — Appeal allowed | Rights and freedoms — Charter, s. 9 — Arbitrary detention or imprisonment — Warrantless arrest, reasonable grounds — Whether the directing officer must possess reasonable grounds when directing an arrest — Error in focusing on the arresting officer rather than the ASU Officer — R v Beaver applied — Appeal allowed, new trial ordered | Rights and