The authors put forward an analysis of the main decisions delivered in 2007 by the Supreme Court of Canada, in the criminal field. In their common approach of each of these decisions, they identify the stakes, the number of dissenting judges, the respective viewpoints of the majority and of the former, the basic reasons for their opposition and the evolution of the law furthered by the decision. Following this long case-law review, the authors endeavour to outline the various judicial policies revealed throughout this set of decisions, beyond the specific situations considered by the Court. From these emerge a constant quest for a proper balancing of a suspect's rights and the interest of the State, the respect of common law and of the privileged position of the trial judges, as well as a goal of clarifying as much as possible the existing law on major issues. The authors consider the cases in terms of the importance of the dissent from one to the other, and the various provincial courts of appeal, in terms of the rate at which their decisions were upheld or overturned. In conclusion, they provide a glimpse of the harvest in 2008, by a look into the decisions already rendered, as well as one into those soon to come.