R. v. Natewayes

R. v. Natewayes
Collection
Supreme Court Judgments
Date
2017-01-23
Neutral citation
2017 SCC 5
Report
[2017] 1 SCR 91
Case number
36793
Judges
McLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm
On appeal from
Saskatchewan
Notes
SCC Case Information: 36793
Decision Content
SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
Citation: R. v. Natewayes, 2017 SCC 5, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 91
Appeal heard: January 19, 2017
Judgment rendered: January 19, 2017
Docket: 36793
Between:
Tasia M. Natewayes
Appellant
and
Her Majesty The Queen
Respondent
Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ.
Reasons for Judgment:
(para. 1)
McLachlin C.J. (Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. concurring)
R. v. Natewayes, 2017 SCC 5, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 91
Tasia M. Natewayes Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Natewayes
2017 SCC 5
File No.: 36793.
2017: January 19.
Present: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan
Criminal law — Evidence — Assessment — Accused driving group of men to house so they could assault one individual — Fatal stabbing of another individual occurring during home invasion committed by men — Accused charged with manslaughter and breaking and entering with intent to commit indictable offence — Acquittal on manslaughter charge set aside by Court of Appeal and conviction entered — Court of Appeal concluding that it was open to trial judge to find that accused knew home invasion was about to happen — Accused’s conviction for manslaughter upheld.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Richards C.J. and Caldwell and Whitmore JJ.A.), 2015 SKCA 120, 467 Sask. R. 308, 651 W.A.C. 308, [2015] S.J. No. 612 (QL), 2015 CarswellSask 722 (WL Can.), setting aside the accused’s conviction for breaking and entering with intent to commit an indictable offence and entering a conviction for manslaughter. Appeal dismissed.
Peter A. Abrametz, for the appellant.
W. Dean Sinclair, Q.C., for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
[1] The Chief Justice — We are all of the view that the appeal should be dismissed for the reasons of Chief Justice Richards in the Court of Appeal.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitor for the appellant: Peter A. Abrametz Legal Professional Corporation, Prince Albert.
Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General for Saskatchewan, Regina.