R. v. Desfossés
Court headnote
R. v. Desfossés Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1991-06-25 Report [1991] 2 SCR 207 Case number 21604 Judges Lamer, Antonio; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Stevenson, William; Iacobucci, Frank On appeal from Quebec Subjects Criminal law Notes SCC Case Information: 21604 Decision Content R. v. Desfossés, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 207 Raymond Desfossés Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Desfossés File No.: 21604. 1991: June 25. Present: Lamer C.J. and Sopinka, Gonthier, Stevenson and Iacobucci JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec Criminal law -- Evidence -- Possession of another person's credit card -- Decision on voir dire disallowing evidence that credit card in another person's name found in appellant's residence -- Trial judge not erring on question of law alone -- Court of Appeal erring in allowing Crown's appeal. APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal (1991), 35 Q.A.C. 77, allowing an appeal from an acquittal found by Langlois J. and ordering a new trial. Appeal allowed. J. Arthur Cogan and Jack Waissman, for the appellant. Jacques Lacoursière and Jacques Trudel, for the respondent. //Lamer C.J.// English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by Lamer C.J. -- We are ready to render judgment forthwith. We do not believe that the trial judge erred on a question of law alone. For this reason, the Court of Appeal should have dismissed the Crown's appeal. We would therefore allow the appeal, quash …
Full judgment (source text)
Mirrored from decisions.scc-csc.ca — the linked original is authoritative.
R. v. Desfossés Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1991-06-25 Report [1991] 2 SCR 207 Case number 21604 Judges Lamer, Antonio; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Stevenson, William; Iacobucci, Frank On appeal from Quebec Subjects Criminal law Notes SCC Case Information: 21604 Decision Content R. v. Desfossés, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 207 Raymond Desfossés Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Desfossés File No.: 21604. 1991: June 25. Present: Lamer C.J. and Sopinka, Gonthier, Stevenson and Iacobucci JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec Criminal law -- Evidence -- Possession of another person's credit card -- Decision on voir dire disallowing evidence that credit card in another person's name found in appellant's residence -- Trial judge not erring on question of law alone -- Court of Appeal erring in allowing Crown's appeal. APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal (1991), 35 Q.A.C. 77, allowing an appeal from an acquittal found by Langlois J. and ordering a new trial. Appeal allowed. J. Arthur Cogan and Jack Waissman, for the appellant. Jacques Lacoursière and Jacques Trudel, for the respondent. //Lamer C.J.// English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by Lamer C.J. -- We are ready to render judgment forthwith. We do not believe that the trial judge erred on a question of law alone. For this reason, the Court of Appeal should have dismissed the Crown's appeal. We would therefore allow the appeal, quash the order of the Court of Appeal, and restore the acquittal entered at trial. Judgment accordingly. Solicitor for the appellant: Jack Waissman, Montréal. Solicitor for the respondent: Jacques Lacoursière, Trois-Rivières.
Source: decisions.scc-csc.ca
R v Brown
[2022] 1 SCR 506