R. v. Terceira
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R. v. Terceira Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1999-12-16 Report [1999] 3 SCR 866 Case number 26546 Judges Gonthier, Charles Doherty; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; Arbour, Louise On appeal from Ontario Subjects Criminal law Notes SCC Case Information: 26546 Decision Content R. v. Terceira, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 866 John Carlos Terceira Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Terceira File No.: 26546. 1999: December 16. Present: Gonthier, McLachlin, Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie and Arbour JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario Criminal law – Evidence – DNA evidence – Admissibility of DNA evidence – Accused convicted of first degree murder – No error found in trial judge’s approach to dealing with DNA evidence – Voir dire and charge to jury fair and balanced – Court of Appeal’s reasons substantially confirmed – Accused’s conviction upheld. APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (1998), 38 O.R. (3d) 175, 107 O.A.C. 15, 123 C.C.C. (3d) 1, 15 C.R. (5th) 359, [1998] O.J. No. 428 (QL), dismissing the accused’s appeal from his conviction for first degree murder. Appeal dismissed. Russell S. Silverstein and David M. Tanovich, for the appellant. Shawn D. Porter, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by 1 Iacobucci J. — We find no error in the careful approach taken by Campbell J. in dealing with the DNA evidence in this case…
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R. v. Terceira Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1999-12-16 Report [1999] 3 SCR 866 Case number 26546 Judges Gonthier, Charles Doherty; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; Arbour, Louise On appeal from Ontario Subjects Criminal law Notes SCC Case Information: 26546 Decision Content R. v. Terceira, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 866 John Carlos Terceira Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Terceira File No.: 26546. 1999: December 16. Present: Gonthier, McLachlin, Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie and Arbour JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario Criminal law – Evidence – DNA evidence – Admissibility of DNA evidence – Accused convicted of first degree murder – No error found in trial judge’s approach to dealing with DNA evidence – Voir dire and charge to jury fair and balanced – Court of Appeal’s reasons substantially confirmed – Accused’s conviction upheld. APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (1998), 38 O.R. (3d) 175, 107 O.A.C. 15, 123 C.C.C. (3d) 1, 15 C.R. (5th) 359, [1998] O.J. No. 428 (QL), dismissing the accused’s appeal from his conviction for first degree murder. Appeal dismissed. Russell S. Silverstein and David M. Tanovich, for the appellant. Shawn D. Porter, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by 1 Iacobucci J. — We find no error in the careful approach taken by Campbell J. in dealing with the DNA evidence in this case. In our view, his conduct of the voir dire and his charge to the jury were particularly fair and balanced. We also agree substantially with the reasons of Finlayson J.A. in the Ontario Court of Appeal. 2 Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. Judgment accordingly. Solicitors for the appellant: Pinkofsky, Lockyer, Toronto. Solicitor for the respondent: The Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto.
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