Walden v. The Queen

[1980] 2 SCR 365 Court SCC Decision date 1980-12-03 English

PartiesFrank Walden Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (4)

S. Rush, for the appellant.
M.M. de Weerdt, Q.C., and W. Heinrich, for the respondent.
Solicitor for the appellant: Stuart Rush, Vancouver.
Solicitor for the respondent: Roger Tassé, Ottawa.

Judges Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Chouinard, Julien; Lamer, Antonio

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

On appeal from British Columbia

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

MARTLAND J.

MARTLAND J.—We are all in agreement with the specific reasons stated by McFarlane J.A. in the Court of Appeal for allowing the Crown’s appeal to that Court. Accordingly the appeal is dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitor for the appellant: Stuart Rush, Vancouver.

Solicitor for the respondent: Roger Tassé, Ottawa.

Footnotes

[1] Not yet reported.
[2] (1979), 8 C.R. (3d) 263.