In what circumstances will a defendant have to prove that he was not a criminal at the time of his last conviction?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. McKenzie, 1960 CanLII 201 (SK CA):
In Rex v. Baggott (1910) 4 Cr App R 67, where the interval between offences was three months, Pickford, J. stated at p. 70: “ * * * some additional evidence beyond the three convictions is necessary to prove that at the time of the last conviction he was persistently leading a criminal life.”
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