Does the doctrine of res judicata extend to rulings as to the admissibility of confessions?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kleysen v. Canada (Attorney General), 2001 MBQB 205 (CanLII):
Duhamel v. The Queen (1984), 1984 CanLII 126 (SCC), 15 C.C.C. (3d) 491 (S.C.C.), is authority for the proposition that the doctrine of res judicata ought not to be extended to rulings as to the admissibility of confessions.
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