R. v. Cochrane (D.N.), (1992) 104 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 271 (NFPC)

JudgeLeBlanc, P.C.J.
CourtNewfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court (Canada)
Case DateNovember 02, 1992
JurisdictionNewfoundland 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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