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SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
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Citation: R. v. Rodrigue, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 384, 2005 SCC 67 |
Date: 20051117 Docket: 30899 |
Between:
Yvon Rodrigue
Appellant
and
Her Majesty The Queen
Respondent
Official English Translation
Coram: Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella and Charron JJ.
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Reasons for judgment: (para. 1) |
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The Court |
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R. v. Rodrigue, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 384, 2005 SCC 67
Yvon Rodrigue Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Rodrigue
Neutral citation: 2005 SCC 67.
File No.: 30899.
2005: November 17.
Present: Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella and Charron JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec
Criminal law — Firearms — Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose — Intention to use weapon.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal (Brossard, Nuss and Morissette JJ.A.) (2005), 30 C.R. (6th) 176, [2005] Q.J. No. 2700 (QL), 2005 QCCA 310, upholding the accused’s conviction for possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to public peace. Appeal dismissed.
Josée Ferrari, for the appellant.
Pierre Proulx and Henri‑Pierre LaBrie, for the respondent.
English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by
1 The Court — Like the Court of Appeal, we are all of the view that the trial judge, in finding the necessary criminal intent in the instant case, committed no error that would warrant the intervention of this Court. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Pariseau, Olivier, Montréal.
Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General’s Prosecutor, Sherbrooke.