Is the Crown required to call evidence on the voir dire first?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Colegrove, 2000 BCPC 115 (CanLII):

Defense counsel all disagreed with this interpretation of Regina v. Feldman. They argued that the crown was required to call evidence first on the voir dire.

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