R. v. Brassard
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R. v. Brassard Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1993-11-05 Report [1993] 4 SCR 287 Case number 23355 Judges L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; Iacobucci, Frank On appeal from Quebec Subjects Constitutional law Notes SCC Case Information: 23355 Decision Content R. v. Brassard, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 287 Her Majesty The Queen Appellant v. Serge Brassard Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Brassard File No.: 23355. 1993: November 5. Present: L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and Iacobucci JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec Constitutional law ‑‑ Charter of Rights ‑‑ Trial within a reasonable time ‑‑ Respondent consenting to several adjournments ‑‑ Consents constituted waiver or attributable to respondent. Cases Cited Referred to: R. v. Morin, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 771. APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal, [1993] R.J.Q. 23, (1992), 52 Q.A.C. 161, 78 C.C.C. (3d) 329, dismissing an appeal from a stay of proceedings granted by Barrière J. Appeal allowed. Claude Provost, for the appellant. Yvan Lerner, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by L'Heureux‑Dubé J. ‑‑ This is an appeal as of right. We do not agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal as to the effect of the consents by the respondent to a number of the adjournments of the proceedings. In the absence of any evidence that these consents amount to acquiescence in the inevitable, the consents constituted waiver or, …
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R. v. Brassard Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1993-11-05 Report [1993] 4 SCR 287 Case number 23355 Judges L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; Iacobucci, Frank On appeal from Quebec Subjects Constitutional law Notes SCC Case Information: 23355 Decision Content R. v. Brassard, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 287 Her Majesty The Queen Appellant v. Serge Brassard Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Brassard File No.: 23355. 1993: November 5. Present: L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and Iacobucci JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec Constitutional law ‑‑ Charter of Rights ‑‑ Trial within a reasonable time ‑‑ Respondent consenting to several adjournments ‑‑ Consents constituted waiver or attributable to respondent. Cases Cited Referred to: R. v. Morin, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 771. APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal, [1993] R.J.Q. 23, (1992), 52 Q.A.C. 161, 78 C.C.C. (3d) 329, dismissing an appeal from a stay of proceedings granted by Barrière J. Appeal allowed. Claude Provost, for the appellant. Yvan Lerner, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by L'Heureux‑Dubé J. ‑‑ This is an appeal as of right. We do not agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal as to the effect of the consents by the respondent to a number of the adjournments of the proceedings. In the absence of any evidence that these consents amount to acquiescence in the inevitable, the consents constituted waiver or, as actions of the accused, were attributable to him. Taking this into account and the absence of evidence of prejudice other than such as might be inferred from the delay, and applying the principles and guidelines in R. v. Morin, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 771, we agree with the conclusion of Mailhot J.A. that the delay herein was not unreasonable under the circumstances. Consequently, the appeal is allowed, the judgments of the Court of Quebec and the Court of Appeal are reversed, the stay of proceedings is quashed and the file is returned to the Court of Quebec for trial. Judgment accordingly. Solicitor for the appellant: Claude Provost, Montréal. Solicitor for the respondent: Serge Brassard on his own behalf, Montréal.
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