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R. v. Lafrance

Collection Supreme Court Judgments
Date 1988-03-30
Report [1988] 1 SCR 617
Case number 20294
Judges Estey, Willard Zebedee; Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; Le Dain, Gerald Eric; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire
On appeal from Alberta
Subjects Criminal law
Notes SCC Case Information: 20294

Decision Content

 

r. v. lafrance, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 617

 

Martin Gerard Lafrance                                                                   Appellant

 

v.

 

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

 

indexed as: r. v. lafrance

 

 

 

File No.: 20294.

 

1988: March 30.

 

Present: Estey, Lamer, Wilson, Le Dain and L'Heureux‑Dubé JJ.

 

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

 

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Appeal as of right ‑‑ Interception of communications ‑‑ Authorization to intercept private communications ‑‑ Whether authorization embraced manner of interception employed.

 

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal, rendered on December 2, 1986, setting aside an acquittal on a charge of conspiracy to traffic in a narcotic and ordering a new trial. Appeal dismissed.

 

                   Richard Cairns, for the appellant.

 

                   Bruce A. MacFarlane, Q.C., and Donald J. Avison, for the respondent.

 

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

 

1.                       Estey J.‑‑We are all of the view that this appeal should be dismissed for the reasons given by the Court of Appeal of Alberta.

 

                   Judgment accordingly.

 

                   Solicitors for the appellant: Starr, Cairns, Calgary.

 

                   Solicitor for the respondent: Frank Iacobucci, Ottawa.

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