Le droit à l'avocat peut impliquer le droit de contacter un tiers en vue de favoriser l'exercice de ce droit constitutionnel

R. v. Blake, 2015 ONCA 684

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[14]      The purpose of the right to counsel is to provide the accused with legal advice and to ensure that the accused understands his or her right to silence: see R. v. Sinclair, 2010 SCC 35, [2010] 2 S.C.R. 310, at paras. 24-26; R. v. Willier, 2010 SCC 37, [2010] 2 S.C.R. 429, at para. 38. Police have a duty to facilitate access to a lawyer immediately and that includes the right to contact counsel of choice as well as the right to contact a third party to facilitate access to counsel: see R. v. Taylor, 2014 SCC 50, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 495, at para. 24; R. v. K.W.J., 2012 NWTCA 3, at paras. 32-33.