R. v. Cuthbert (D.A.), (1997) 208 N.R. 303 (SCC)
| Judge | Iacobucci and Major, JJ. |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Case Date | January 24, 1997 |
| Jurisdiction | Canada (Federal) |
| Citations | (1997), 208 N.R. 303 (SCC);33 WCB (2d) 192;112 CCC (3d) 96;208 NR 303;142 WAC 81;[1997] SCJ No 4 (QL);86 BCAC 81;1997 CanLII 397 (SCC);[1997] 1 SCR 8;5 CR (5th) 362 |
R. v. Cuthbert (D.A.) (1997), 208 N.R. 303 (SCC)
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D.A.C. (appellant) v. Her Majesty The Queen (respondent)
(25230)
Indexed As: R. v. Cuthbert (D.A.)
Supreme Court of Canada
Sopinka, Cory, McLachlin,
Iacobucci and Major, JJ.
January 24, 1997.
Summary:
The accused was charged with six counts of sexual offences, namely, gross indecency, indecent assault, illicit sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse with a person under age 14 and rape (sexual assault). The accused was convicted of gross indecency, sexual intercourse with a person under age 14 and sexual assault. Conditional stays were entered on the other three counts. The accused appealed against conviction.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal, Williams, J.A., dissenting, in a decision reported in 72 B.C.A.C. 227; 119 W.A.C. 227, dismissed the appeal. The accused appealed.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal.
Criminal Law - Topic 4737.1
Procedure - Information or indictment, charge or count - Indictable offences - Severing counts in an indictment - The accused was charged with five counts of sexual offences respecting one complainant and a sixth count of sexual assault against a second complainant - The accused was compelled to testify on the first five counts because of the defence's inability to have an inculpatory statement of the accused excluded - The straightforward testimony of the second complainant compelled the accused to testify on the sixth count - The Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that the trial judge did not err in refusing to sever the sixth count from the others - The trial judge did not act unjudicially, nor did the ruling result in an injustice.
Cases Noticed:
R. v. Litchfield, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 333; 61 N.R. 161; 145 A.R. 321; 55 W.A.C. 321, appld. [para. 1].
Counsel:
T.E. La Liberté, Q.C., and Kate Ker, for the appellant;
Bruce Johnstone, for the respondent.
This appeal was heard before Sopinka, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major, JJ., of the Supreme Court of Canada. On January 24, 1997, Sopinka, J., delivered the following oral judgment in both official languages for the court.
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