Le consentement à la fouille

R. v. Atkinson, 2012 ONCA 380 (CanLII)

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[55]         A consent search is lawful, thus reasonable.  A valid consent requires that the consenting party have the required informational foundation for a true relinquishment of the right: R. v. Borden, 1994 CanLII 63 (SCC), [1994] 3 S.C.R. 145, at p. 162.

[56]         The consent must be voluntary and informed. To be voluntary, the consent, which may be express or implied, must not be the product of police oppression, coercion or other conduct that negates the consenting party’s freedom to choose whether to allow police to pursue the course of conduct requested or to deny them that right: Wills, at p. 354. To be informed, the consenting party must be aware of

i.                    the nature of the police conduct to which the consent relates;

ii.                  the right to refuse to permit the police to pursue the conduct; and

iii.               the potential consequences of giving consent.

Wills, at pp. 354-355.