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7 documents for hung jury retrial

- R. v. Cinous, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 3, 2002 SCC 29, 2002 SCC 29 (2002)
... of self-defence should have been left to jury - Whether defence of self-defence possessed an "ai...According to the Crown, no retrial is required since, without the defence, the verdic... his testimony that her blouse was neatly hung in the clothes closet. (3) Other items of folded c...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- R. v. Sarrazin , 2011 SCC 54, R. v. Sarrazin, 2011 SCC 54, 2011 SCC 54 (2011)
...Criminal Law - Charge to jury - Included offences - Attempted murder - Accused c... the curative proviso which is to avoid a retrial that would be superfluous and unnecessary but to s...manslaughter or a hung jury) would have been expected. In the words of Mo...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- The Blair Hitch Project
[...] debate is useful, provided one views the topic as a Malayan jungle clearing -- an area being constantly choked by the creeping undergrowth of quotations out of context and unfounded assertions, needing constant attention to keep it clear of illogical trains of thought and the comparing of apples with oranges -- in particular, setting rationalism (modern science) against superstition (out of date religion). Blair's defence must also be discounted, factual though it was: "Almost half the health care in Africa is delivered by faith-based organizations ... one-quarter of worldwide HIV/AIDS care provided by Catholic organizations ... fantastic work of Muslims and Jewish relief organizations ... in Canada, thousands of religious organizations care for the mentally ill, disabled, disadv...

...Trying to influence the jury by eye-rolling and making faces to discredit defen...So new evidence has emerged; order a retrial. Neither does "religion starts all wars" stand up ... must always be "no verdict," because of a hung jury split straight down the middle. If you still ...
- Brandon Sun, The
- December 06, 2010

- R. v. S. (W.D.), [1994] 3 S.C.R. 521 (1994)
...Criminal law -- Charge to jury -- Recharge -- Trial judge responding to question ... so, whether error constitutes grounds for retrial if main charge free from error -- Whether verdict ... the trial judge stating that "[t]he jury is hung up" and requesting "an explanation of the guidelin...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Science in the courtroom: the mouse that roared.
...Millions of dollars hung in the balance. After a lengthy trial in which the... be seen that Crown counsel was inviting the jury to determine a question of science on the basis of...At the retrial in 2006, Dimitrov was readily acquitted. . What is...
- University of New Brunswick Law Journal
- Nbr. 56, January 2007
- R. v. Conway, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1659 (1989)
...The jury failed to reach a verdict at the second trial and ... delays inherent in a trial, appeal and retrial on a murder charge. Appellant unequivocally reques... motion was to avoid any risk of a second hung jury. That may be a legitimate purpose. But, in re...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- R. v. G. (R.M.), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 362 (1996)
...Trial -- Charge to jury -- Sexual assault -- Defence denying assault and p...Trial -- Exhortation to jury -- Jury hung -- Trial judge urging jury to consider the public ... disagreement will mean at the worst a retrial with the consequent chance of acquittal. 36 I agre...
- Supreme Court of Canada