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Osborne v. The Queen

[1984] 2 SCR 406 Court SCC Decision date 1984-11-01 Docket 17220 English

PartiesJames Robert Osborne Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (4)
J. MacLeod Walker, for the appellant.
S.R. Fainstein, for the respondent.
Solicitor for the appellant: J. MacLeod Walker, Edmonton.
Solicitor for the respondent: Roger Tassé, Ottawa.

Judges Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Chouinard, Julien; Wilson, Bertha; Le Dain, Gerald Eric

Decision 4–1 Majority (4) · ESTEY J. (1)

On appeal from Alberta

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

ESTEY J.

ESTEY J.—After hearing full argument by counsel for appellant and respondent, we are all of the view that the Court of Appeal committed no error of law in dismissing the appeal from the judgment at trial, and accordingly this appeal is dismissed.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitor for the appellant: J. MacLeod Walker, Edmonton.
Solicitor for the respondent: Roger Tassé, Ottawa.

Footnotes

  1. [1] Judgment rendered August 24, 1982 and amended January 28, 1983.
  2. [2] Judgment rendered by V.W. Smith J. of the Court of Queen’s Bench on September 18, 1981.