Is a judge required to be "comprehensive" on all aspects of the evidence at trial?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Wolf, 2004 CanLII 34356 (ON SC):
Binnie J. in Sheppard at paragraph 23 noted: “The absence of reasons, however, does not necessarily indicate an absence of such concentration”. This view is consistent with the courts dictum in Burns, where it was noted that trial judges are presumed to know the law and thus are not required to comment explicitly on all aspects of the evidence at trial. Sheppard, supra at paragraph 23 R v. Burns 1994 CanLII 127 (SCC), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 656 at p. 664.
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