R. v. Cronin

R. v. Cronin Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1988-02-01 Report [1988] 1 SCR 213 Case number 19441 Judges Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; Le Dain, Gerald Eric On appeal from Ontario Subjects Criminal law Notes SCC Case Information: 19441 Decision Content r. v. cronin, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 213 Vernon Leo Cronin and Royce John King Appellants v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent indexed as: r. v. cronin File No.: 19441. 1988: February 1. Present: Estey, McIntyre, Lamer, Wilson and Le Dain JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario Criminal law ‑‑ Stay of prosecution ‑‑ Whether Crown's handling of a private prosecution justified a stay of prosecution of the accused. APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal, rendered on June 13, 1985, allowing an appeal by the Crown and ordering a new trial. Appeal dismissed. Russell J. Murphy, Q.C., and L. Bankston, for the appellants. Brian J. Gover, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by 1. Estey J.‑‑This Court is of the view that this appeal should be dismissed. We agree with the Court of Appeal that there is no basis in law for the stay of this prosecution. Judgment accordingly. Solicitor for the appellants: Russell J. Murphy, Q.C., Oshawa. Solicitor for the respondent: The Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario, Toronto. …