Marc Rosenberg (January 4, 1950 – August 27, 2015) was a Canadian lawyer and jurist who served as a justice of the

Court of Appeal for Ontario The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as the Ontario Court of Appeal or ONCA) is the appellate court for the province of Ontario, Canada. The seat of the court is Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto, also the seat of the Law Societ ...

from December 12, 1995 to March 5, 2014. Born in

North York North York is one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly north of York, Old Toronto and East York, between Etobicoke to the west and Scarborough to the east. As of the 2016 Census, it had a popu ...

, Ontario, Rosenberg graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1971, and earned an L.L.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1974. He participated in a criminal law practice with

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until 1995, when he joined the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario as Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Public Law and Policy Division and Civil Law Division. Rosenberg was appointed to the

in 1995 and authored over 2,500 judgements. During that time he was noted for significant contributes in international judicial education. He was diagnosed with

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in 2014 and died in 2015.

Legal positions

Some of Justice Rosenberg's positions and academic contributions include: *The positive impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Canadian criminal law *Similar fact evidence in criminal law *The possibility of eliminating plea bargains *Arguing the justice system had fallen into a state of disrepair due in part to mandatory minimum sentences

Notable cases

Justice Rosenberg authored decisions on: *Medical marijuana *Overturning the conviction of

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Awards

* G. Arthur Martin medal for outstanding contribution to criminal justice, 2009
Criminal Lawyers Association website

References

1950 births 2015 deaths Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario Osgoode Hall Law School alumni People from North York University of Western Ontario alumni Deaths from brain tumor Deaths from cancer in Ontario Lawyers in Ontario 20th-century Canadian lawyers 20th-century American judges {{US-judge-stub