Supreme Court Judgments

Decision Information

R. v. Marc

Collection Supreme Court Judgments
Date 1995-11-07
Report [1995] 4 SCR 50
Case number 24588
Judges Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank
On appeal from New Brunswick
Subjects Criminal law
Notes SCC Case Information: 24588

Decision Content

R. v. Marc, [1995] 4 S.C.R. 50

 

Gérard Marc                                                                                      Appellant

 

v.

 

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

 

Indexed as:  R. v. Marc

 

File No.:  24588.

 

1995:  November 7.

 

Present:  Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

 

on appeal from the court of appeal for new brunswick

 

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Trial ‑‑ Charge to jury ‑‑ Accused convicted of second degree murder ‑‑ No error in charge to jury ‑‑ Conviction upheld.

 

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal (1995), 159 N.B.R. (2d) 183, 409 A.P.R. 183, dismissing the accused's appeal from his conviction of second degree murder.  Appeal dismissed.

 

                   Scott F. Fowler, for the appellant.

 

                   Luc Labonté and Ronald Leblanc, for the respondent.

 

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

 

1                 Sopinka J. ‑‑ This is an appeal as of right.  We agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal that there was no error in the charge to the jury.

 

2                 The appeal is dismissed.

 

                   Judgment accordingly.

 

                   Solicitors for the appellant:  Fowler & Fowler, Moncton.

 

                   Solicitor for the respondent:  Luc Labonté, Moncton.

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