What is the test for reasonable searches under s. 8 of the Charter?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Caranci, 2012 ONSC 3470 (CanLII):
To be reasonable under s. 8 of the Charter, a search must be authorized by law, the law must be reasonable and the manner in which the search was conducted must be reasonable: R v. Collins, 1987 CanLII 84 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265 at page 278, para 23.
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