Tuer v. R.

[1979] 1 SCR 17 Court SCC Decision date 1978-10-31 English

PartiesWilliam Franklin Tuer (Plaintiff) Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen (Defendants) Respondent

Counsel (3)

E.L. Greenspan, for the appellant.
Solicitors for the appellant: Greenspan, Gold & Moldaver, Toronto.
Solicitor for the respondent: Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario, Toronto.

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

Delivered by Majority

On appeal from Ontario

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

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.