The Court File No.: 234567891
Superior Court of Justice
(Ontario)
BETWEEN:
R.
Plaintiff
v.
ROB ROBERTS
Defendant
FACTUM OF THE PLAINTIFF
PART I – THE FACTS
1. Rob Roberts was recently charged with a narcotics offence. Police Constables Smith and Weston received an anonymous tip that Mr. Roberts was a drug distributor. The officers had never heard of Mr. Roberts, nor had they ever suspected him to be involved in narcotics.
2. Constables Smith and Weston decided to look up Mr. Roberts’ address and search his property. At 10:00pm on 15 October, 2007 Constables Smith and Weston attended Mr. Roberts’ house, located in the Erb Street area of the City of Waterloo.
3. The officers did not obtain a search warrant. In fact, further evidence will demonstrate that they would have failed to obtain one in any event. In spite of this, they made the decision to search Mr. Roberts’ property anyway.
4. A neighbour will testify that at approximately......
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