Tuer v. R.
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Tuer v. R. Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1978-10-31 Report [1979] 1 SCR 17 Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves On appeal from Ontario Subjects Criminal law Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Tuer v. R., [1979] 1 S.C.R. 17 Date: 1978-10-31 William Franklin Tuer (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen (Defendants) Respondent. 1978: October 31. Present: Laskin C.J. and Martland, Ritchie, Spence, Pigeon, Dickson, Beetz, Estey and Pratte JJ. ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO. Criminal law—Murder—Trial—Judge’s charge to the jury—Whether inflammatory or improper—Absence of motive—Evidence circumstantial. APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissing an appeal from the conviction of the appellant on a charge of murder. Appeal dismissed. E.L. Greenspan, for the appellant. M.A. MacDonald, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you Miss MacDonald. We are all of the opinion that the charge to the jury did not give rise to an error of law. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. Appeal dismissed. Solicitors for the appellant: Greenspan, Gold & Moldaver, Toronto. Solicitor for the respondent: Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario, Toronto. …
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Tuer v. R. Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1978-10-31 Report [1979] 1 SCR 17 Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves On appeal from Ontario Subjects Criminal law Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Tuer v. R., [1979] 1 S.C.R. 17 Date: 1978-10-31 William Franklin Tuer (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen (Defendants) Respondent. 1978: October 31. Present: Laskin C.J. and Martland, Ritchie, Spence, Pigeon, Dickson, Beetz, Estey and Pratte JJ. ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO. Criminal law—Murder—Trial—Judge’s charge to the jury—Whether inflammatory or improper—Absence of motive—Evidence circumstantial. APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissing an appeal from the conviction of the appellant on a charge of murder. Appeal dismissed. E.L. Greenspan, for the appellant. M.A. MacDonald, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you Miss MacDonald. We are all of the opinion that the charge to the jury did not give rise to an error of law. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. Appeal dismissed. Solicitors for the appellant: Greenspan, Gold & Moldaver, Toronto. Solicitor for the respondent: Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario, Toronto.
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