R. v. Martin
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R. v. Martin Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1996-03-01 Report [1996] 1 SCR 463 Case number 24671 Judges Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Major, John C. On appeal from British Columbia Subjects Constitutional law Notes SCC Case Information: 24671 Decision Content R. v. Martin, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 463 Paul A. Martin Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Martin File No.: 24671. 1996: March 1. Present: Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Major JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for british columbia Constitutional law ‑‑ Charter of Rights ‑‑ Admissibility of evidence ‑‑ Admission of evidence not bringing administration of justice into disrepute. Statutes and Regulations Cited Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 8 . APPEAL from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 241, 56 B.C.A.C. 241, 92 W.A.C. 241, 30 C.R.R. (2d) 170, 40 C.R. (4th) 382, dismissing the accused's appeal from his convictions on charges of cultivating marijuana and possession of marijuana. Appeal dismissed. Manuel A. Azevedo, for the appellant. S. David Frankel, Q.C., and John M. Loo, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by 1 Sopinka J. ‑‑ We are all of the view that the appeal should be dismissed. Assuming without deciding that there was a breach of s. 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , we agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal …
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R. v. Martin Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1996-03-01 Report [1996] 1 SCR 463 Case number 24671 Judges Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Major, John C. On appeal from British Columbia Subjects Constitutional law Notes SCC Case Information: 24671 Decision Content R. v. Martin, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 463 Paul A. Martin Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Martin File No.: 24671. 1996: March 1. Present: Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Major JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for british columbia Constitutional law ‑‑ Charter of Rights ‑‑ Admissibility of evidence ‑‑ Admission of evidence not bringing administration of justice into disrepute. Statutes and Regulations Cited Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 8 . APPEAL from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 241, 56 B.C.A.C. 241, 92 W.A.C. 241, 30 C.R.R. (2d) 170, 40 C.R. (4th) 382, dismissing the accused's appeal from his convictions on charges of cultivating marijuana and possession of marijuana. Appeal dismissed. Manuel A. Azevedo, for the appellant. S. David Frankel, Q.C., and John M. Loo, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by 1 Sopinka J. ‑‑ We are all of the view that the appeal should be dismissed. Assuming without deciding that there was a breach of s. 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , we agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal that admission of the evidence would not bring the administration of justice into disrepute. Appeal dismissed. Solicitors for the appellant: Rankin & Company, Vancouver. Solicitor for the respondent: George Thomson, Ottawa.
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