In a blended voir dire on voluntariness, the court considered whether post-arrest utterances and recorded police interviews were inadmissible because of trickery, oppression, implied promises, or denigration of defence counsel.
Applying the confession rule and the contextual framework from Oickle and Singh, the court held the Crown proved voluntariness beyond a reasonable doubt.
The interviewing techniques did not amount to community-shocking trickery, no oppressive atmosphere overbore either accused's will, and any alleged inducement arose from one accused's own attempts to negotiate.
All three statements were admitted.
