What is the defence of inadmissibility on the ground of unwarned change in legal jeopardy?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Matthews, 1999 CanLII 6726 (BC SC):

The defence relies primarily on Black v. The Queen(1989) 50 C.C.C. (3d) to support inadmissibility on the ground of an unwarned change in legal jeopardy.

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