R v Reed

Decided: 2026-10-09. Docket: CA50442. Citation: 2026 BCCA 400 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Appeal — First degree murder — Planning and deliberation — Whether purported admissions, if admitted, could undermine planned and deliberate finding — “Two-step” process proposed for revisiting excluded evidence in judge-alone trial — Argument described as novel and controversial — Court declined to address in this case — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Trial management — Reconsideration of evidentiary rulings — Whether judge must reconsider exclusion on own motion during deliberations — Reconsideration not requested by defence — Jurisdiction exists but exercised with restraint, material change required (R v Adams) — No exceptional circumstances found — Appeal dismissed | Evidence — Adm