Hearing: April 16, 2004 Judgment: October 29, 2004
Full case name
Her Majesty The Queen v. Walter Tessling
Citations
[2004] 3 S.C.R. 432, 2004 SCC 67
Holding
police use of FLIR imaging technology does not constitute a violation of right against unreasonable search under section 8 of the Charter
Court membership
Chief Justice
Beverley McLachlin C.J.
Puisne Justices
Frank Iacobucci(*), John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louise Arbour(*), Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish
(*) did not take part in decision
Reasons given
Unanimous decision by: Binnie
R v Tessling [2004] 3 S.C.R. 432, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court held that the use of thermal imaging by police in the course of an investigation of a suspect's property did not constitute a violation of the accused's right to a reasonable expectation of privacy under section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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