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Warkentin v. The Queen

[1977] 2 SCR 355 Court SCC Decision date 1976-07-12 English

PartiesMelvin Granville Warkentin, Ralph Harry Hanson and Clifford John Brown Appellants·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (5)
G.L. Murray, Q.C., and P.D. Messner, for the appelants.
W.G. Burke-Robertson, Q.C., for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellants, Melvin Granville Warkentin and Clifford John Brown: Messner & Foster, 100 Mile House.
Solicitor for the appellant, Ralph Harry Hanson: George L. Murray, Vancouver.
Solicitors for the respondent: Burke-Robertson, Chadwick & Ritchie, Ottawa.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Judson, Wilfred; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe

Delivered by Majority

On appeal from British Columbia

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

The judgment of Laskin C.J. and Spence, Pigeon and Dickson JJ. was delivered by

The written admission of facts.
The distraught condition of the complainant when seen by Diane Buckle.
The fact that seminal fluid was found in the complainant’s vagina and underclothing.
The fact that human scalp hair was found on her jeans and it could have originated from the same source as the seventy human scalp hairs on the appellant Warkentin’s clothing.
The finding of pine needles in the complainant’s underclothing.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1975] 2 W.W.R. 253, 20 C.C.C. (2d) 321.
  2. [2] [1972] 3 All E.R. 1056.
  3. [3] [1973] 1 All E.R. 440.
  4. [4] (1970), 55 Cr. App. R. 299.
  5. [5] [1969] S.C.R. 213.
  6. [6] [1927] S.C.R. 442.
  7. [7] [1945] O.R. 85 (C.A.).
  8. [8] (1946), 88 C.C.C. 74 (B.C. C.A.).
  9. [9] (1959), 124 C.C.C. 332.
  10. [10] (1923), 33 B.C.R. 197.
  11. [11] [1924] 4 D.L.R 175; 42 C.C.C. 375.
  12. [12] (1962), 46 Cr. App. R. 319 (C.C.A.).
  13. [13] [1963] 2 C.C.C. 241 (B.C. C.A.).
  14. [14] (1974), 16 C.C.C. (2d) 162 (Ont. C.A.).
  15. [15] (1974), 28 C.R.N.S. 359 (Sask. C.A.).
  16. [16] (1974), 25 C.R.N.S. 381 (Ont. C.A.).
  17. [17] (1974), 25 C.R.N.S. 381 (Ont. C.A.).
  18. [18] [1972] 5 W.W.R. 1.
  19. [19] [1947] S.C.R. 90.
  20. [20] [1937] S.C.R. 421.
  21. [21] [1937] S.C.R. 421.
  22. [22] [1927] S.C.R. 442.
  23. [23] [1952] 2 S.C.R. 344.
  24. [24] [1968] S.C.R. 466.
  25. [25] [1967] 3 C.C.C. 360.
  26. [26] (1975), 7 O.R. (2d) 561.
  27. [27] (1966), 48 C.R. 352, reversed 49 C.R. 402.
  28. [28] [1972] 3 All E.R. 1056.
  29. [29] [1973] 1 All E.R. 440.
  30. [30] (1974), 27 C.R.N.S. 66.