R. v. Cochrane (D.N.), (1992) 104 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 271 (NFPC)
Judge | LeBlanc, P.C.J. |
Court | Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court (Canada) |
Case Date | November 02, 1992 |
Jurisdiction | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Citations | (1992), 104 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 271 (NFPC) |
R. v. Cochrane (D.N.) (1992), 104 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 271 (NFPC);
329 A.P.R. 271
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Her Majesty The Queen v. David Norman Cochrane
(92A01664)
Indexed As: R. v. Cochrane (D.N.)
Newfoundland Provincial Court
Judicial District of Corner Brook
LeBlanc, P.C.J.
December 21, 1992.
Summary:
The accused was charged with having care or control of a motor vehicle while having an excessive blood-alcohol content.
The Newfoundland Provincial Court acquitted the accused.
Criminal Law - Topic 1368
Motor vehicles - Impaired driving - Care or control - What constitutes - The accused, who was impaired, was riding as a passenger with his wife who was driving under authority of a beginner's driving permit - Two children were in the back of the truck - The accused was charged with an alcohol related driving offence - The Newfoundland Provincial Court acquitted the accused where there was no proof that the accused exercised any degree of guidance or supervision of the driver and thus no proof that the accused was in care or control of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence.
Criminal Law - Topic 1370
Motor vehicles - Impaired driving - Care or control - Where accused supervising beginner driver - [See Criminal Law - Topic 1368 ].
Cases Noticed:
R. v. Lumiala, [1957] O.W.N. 417; 118 C.C.C. 69; 25 C.R. 361 (H.C.), refd to. [para. 10].
R. v. Slessor, [1970] 2 C.C.C. 247 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 12].
R. v. Collins (1975), 10 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 509; 17 A.P.R. 509 (Nfld. Mag. Ct.), refd to. [para. 12].
R. v. Doyle (1975), 10 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 542; 17 A.P.R. 542 (Nfld. Mag. Ct.), refd to. [para. 12].
R. v. McLean (1991), 95 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 160; 301 A.P.R. 160 (Nfld. Prov. Ct.), refd to. [para. 12].
R. v. Parmiter (1981), 34 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 444; 95 A.P.R. 444 (Nfld. T.D.), refd to. [para. 15].
R. v. Taraschuk (1972), 9 C.C.C.(2d) 345 (Ont. Prov. Ct.), refd to. [para. 15].
R. v. Miller (1972), 10 C.C.C.(2d) 467; 21 C.R.N.S. 211 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 15].
R. v. Placer Development Ltd., [1983] 3 N.W.T.R. 329; 38 A.R. 197; 28 C.R.(3d) 225 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 15].
R. v. Arbon (1981), 62 C.C.C.(2d) 11; 11 M.V.R. 227 (Ont. S.C.), refd to. [para. 15].
R. v. Carroll (1983), 50 A.R. 229; 24 M.V.R. 182 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 16].
R. v. Drillio (1982), 54 N.S.R.(2d) 352; 112 A.P.R. 352; 18 M.V.R. 266 (Co. Ct.), refd to. [para. 16].
R. v. D.M.H. (1991), 109 N.S.R.(2d) 322; 297 A.P.R. 322 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 16].
R. v. Schwartz, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 443; 88 N.R. 90; 56 Man.R.(2d) 92; 45 C.C.C.(3d) 97; [1989] 1 W.W.R. 289; 66 C.R.(3d) 251; 55 D.L.R.(4th) 1, refd to. [para. 16].
R. v. Soderberg (1965), 51 W.W.R.(N.S.) 233; 49 D.L.R.(2d) 665 (B.C.S.C.), refd to. [para. 17].
R. v. Hundt, [1971] 3 W.W.R. 741; 3 C.C.C. 279 (Alta. C.A.), refd to. [para. 18].
R. v. Buddett (1980), 106 E.R. 873, refd to. [para. 23].
Statutes Noticed:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, sect. 10(b) [para. 5].
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, sect. 253(b) [para. 1]; sect. 794(2) [paras. 1, 14].
Highway Traffic Act, R.S.N. 1990, c. H-3, sect. 55 [para. 6].
Counsel:
D. Atwood, for the Queen;
M. Monohan, for David Cochrane.
This matter was heard on November 2, 1992, at Corner Brook, Newfoundland, before LeBlanc, P.C.J, of the Newfoundland Provincial Court, who delivered the following judgment on December 21, 1992.
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