R v Blanchard

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, ykca, 2026ykca12, 2026 ykca 12 (canlii), 2026, ykca, 12, (canlii), 25-yu938, 2026, criminal and statutory offences, appeal from acquittal, search warrants, criminal code, s 676(1)(a), whether reviewing judge made an error of law affecting the acquittal, error of law must have material bearing on acquittal, acquittal set aside and new trial ordered, constitution, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, s 8, search and seizure, facial challenge to warrant, did reviewing judge fail to consider reasonable inferences available to issuing judge, reasonable grounds to believe evidence would be found at residence assessed, no breach of s 8 found to extent warrants valid, appeal allowed, criminal and statutory offences, search warrant grounds, controlled drugs and substances act, s 5(2), reasonable grounds to believe evidence at residence, whether ito supported inference that cocaine, equipment, and paraphernalia would be found, contrast with ketza road surveillance considered, no reasonable inference rising above mere suspicion, part of warrant #1 invalid, criminal and statutory offences, severability, search warrants, doctrine of severability, whether “the good” is clearly severable from “the bad” in warrant #1, authority to search for cell phones, cash, financial and banking records and electronic documents, warrant remains valid for latter items, severance applied