United States of America v. McVey, (1992) 16 B.C.A.C. 241 (SCC)
Judge | Lamer, C.J.C., La Forest, L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and McLachlin, JJ. |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Case Date | October 30, 1991 |
Jurisdiction | Canada (Federal) |
Citations | (1992), 16 B.C.A.C. 241 (SCC) |
USA v. McVey (1992), 16 B.C.A.C. 241 (SCC);
28 W.A.C. 241
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United States of America (appellant) v. Charles McVey II, also known as Charles Julius McVey (respondent)
United States of America (appellant) v. Charles Julius McVey (respondent)
(Nos. 21331; 21751)
Indexed As: United States of America v. McVey
Supreme Court of Canada
Lamer, C.J.C., La Forest, L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and McLachlin, JJ.
November 19, 1992.
Summary:
McVey was charged in the United States with one count of conspiring to export high-technology electronic components from the United States to the U.S.S.R. without a licence and with ten counts of having made false statements to government authorities (the first charges). The accused was later charged with conspiring to defraud a computer company and participating in that scheme (the second charges). The United States commenced separate extradition proceedings and McVey was arrested.
The British Columbia Supreme Court, per Dohm, J., in a decision reported (1988), 4 W.C.B.(2d) 388, issued a warrant of committal respecting the first charges. Macdonell, J., in an unreported decision, issued a warrant of committal respecting the second charges. McVey applied for habeas corpus.
The British Columbia Supreme Court, per Bouck, J., in a decision reported (1988), 30 B.C.L.R.(2d) 197, allowed the application respecting the first charges. Paris, J., in an unreported decision, dismissed the application respecting the second charges. Appeals were filed respecting both decisions.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal, in a decision reported [1989] 2 W.W.R. 673; 33 B.C.L.R.(2d) 28; 45 C.C.C.(3d) 413, dismissed the United States' appeal respecting the first charges. The court also allowed McVey's appeal respecting the second charges in a decision reported (1989), 40 B.C.L.R.(2d) 273; 52 C.C.C.(3d) 34. In the result the court held that McVey could not be extradited. The United States appealed, the issue being whether at an extradition hearing for the surrender of a fugitive who is accused of having committed a crime in the state requesting his surrender, it is necessary to prove that the act charged constituted a crime listed in the extradition treaty under the law of the requesting state.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeals and restored the committal orders.
Extradition - Topic 705
Extraditable offences - Canada-U.S. Treaty - Double criminality - [See Extradition - Topic 2704 ].
Extradition - Topic 2652
Evidence and procedure before examining judge - Evidence - Proof of foreign law - [See Extradition - Topic 2704 ].
Extradition - Topic 2704
Evidence and procedure before examining judge - Procedure - Duty of examining judge - Re foreign law - The Supreme Court of Canada held that at an extradition hearing it is not necessary to prove that the act charged constitutes a crime listed in the extradition treaty under the law of the requesting state - Rather the extradition judge only has a duty to assess whether there is sufficient evidence that the alleged offence would, if committed in Canada, constitute a crime mentioned in the treaty according to Canadian law.
Cases Noticed:
Washington (State of) v. Johnson, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 327; 83 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. 5 et seq.].
United States v. Allard and Charette, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 861; 122 N.R. 352, refd to. [para. 8 et seq.].
R. v. Parisien, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 950; 85 N.R. 60; 28 O.A.C. 188, refd to. [para. 8].
Debaun, Re (1888), 32 L.C. Jur. 281, refd to. [para. 14].
R. v. Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte Minervini, [1958] 3 All E.R. 318 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 14].
United States of America and Smith, Re (1984), 15 C.C.C.(3d) 16 (Ont. Co. Ct.), affd. (1984), 16 C.C.C.(3d) 10 (H.C.), refd to. [paras. 16, 102].
Wisconsin (State) and Armstrong, Re (1973), 10 C.C.C.(2d) 271, refd to. [para. 22].
R. v. Governor of Pentonville Prison, Ex parte Sinclair, [1991] 2 A.C. 64; [1991] 2 All E.R. 366 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 22 et seq.].
Belgium (Government) v. Postlethwaite et al., [1987] 3 W.L.R. 365; 80 N.R. 369 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 23 et seq.].
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth) v. Hernandez, [1975] 1 S.C.R. 228, refd to. [para. 24].
Piot, Re (1883), 48 L.T. 120, refd to. [para. 25].
Gross Re (1898), 2 C.C.C. 67 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 25].
Thomas, Re (1917), 28 C.C.C. 396, refd to. [para. 25].
In re Nielsen, [1984] A.C. 606 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 35 et seq.].
United States Government v. McCaffery, [1984] 2 All E.R. 570 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 35 et seq.].
Argentina v. Mellino, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 536; 76 N.R. 51, refd to. [para. 36 et seq.].
Schmidt v. Canada, United States of America, Ontario (Attorney General) and Metro West Detention Centre, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 500; 76 N.R. 12; 20 O.A.C. 161, refd to. [paras. 36, 37, 40, 50, 58].
Buck v. The King (1917), 55 S.C.R. 133, refd to. [paras. 38, 97, 108].
United States v. Rauscher (1886), 119 U.S. 407, refd to. [paras. 38, 97].
Johnson v. Browne (1907), 205 U.S. 309, refd to. [para. 38].
United States v. Sobell, 142 F.Supp. 515, affd. 244 F.2d 520, cert. denied (1957), 355 U.S. 873, refd to. [para. 38].
United States v. Alvarez-Machain (1992), 119 L.Ed.2d 441, refd to. [para. 38].
United States of America v. Cotroni; United States of America v. El Zein, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1469; 96 N.R. 321; 23 Q.A.C. 182, refd to. [paras. 40, 92].
In re Bellencontre, [1891] 2 Q.B. 122, refd to. [paras. 44, 46, 73, 74].
In re Arton (No. 2), [1896] 1 Q.B. 509, refd to. [paras. 44, 46, 73, 74].
Kindler v. Canada (Minister of Justice), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 779; 129 N.R. 81, refd to. [para. 50].
Cotroni v. Canada (Attorney General), [1976] 1 S.C.R. 219; 3 N.R. 292, refd to. [para. 76].
Riley v. Australia (Commonwealth) (1985), 62 A.L.R. 497 (Aust. H.C.), refd to. [para. 91].
Sinclair v. Director of Public Prosecutions, [1991] 2 All E.R. 366 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 107].
Statutes Noticed:
Ashburton-Webster Treaty 1842, Can. T.S. 1952, No. 12, art. 10 [para. 70].
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, sect. 1, sect. 6(1) [para. 92].
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-34, sect. 282, sect. 324 [para. 3]; sect. 338 [para. 82].
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, sect. 321, sect. 366 [para. 3]; sect. 380 [para. 82]; sect. 414 [para. 97].
Extradition Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. E-21, sect. 2 [para. 11 et seq.]; sect. 3 [para. 12 et seq.]; sect. 15 [para. 21 et seq.]; sect. 18(1) [para. 17 et seq.]; sect. 19(b) [para. 22]; sect. 20 [para. 24]; sect. 21 [paras. 22, 24]; sect. 22 [paras. 22, 24, 31]; sect. 25 [para. 24]; sect. 26 [para. 46]; sect. 34 [paras. 46, 84, 102]; Schedule I item 4 [para. 18].
Extradition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-23, sect. 2(b) [para. 19].
Extradition Act, S.C. 1877, c. 25, sect. 1 [para. 11]; sect. 4 [paras. 12, 13].
Extradition Act (U.K.), 1870, c. 52, sect. 3(1) [para. 22]; sect. 9 [paras. 21, 22]; sect. 10 [paras. 46, 48].
Extradition Treaty (Canada-U.S.), December 3, 1971, Can. T.S. 1976, No. 3, art. 1, art. 2 [para. 90 et seq.]; art. 2(1) [para. 28 et seq.]; art. 2(3) [paras. 28, 32]; art. 8 [paras. 27, 34, 90, 99]; art. 9 [paras. 24, 27, 30]; art. 10 [paras. 27, 29, 94]; art. 12 [para. 96]; art. 12(1) [paras. 38, 90]; Schedule item 12 [para. 111]; item 27 [paras. 82, 83, 111]; Schedule II, form 2 [para. 95].
United States Code, Title 18, sect. 1343 [para. 110].
Authors and Works Noticed:
Blanchflower, Michael C., State of Washington and Johnson (1989), 31 Crim. L.Q. 197, generally [para. 45].
Blanchflower, Michael C., Interpretation and Application of Extradition Crime in the Extradition Act (1992), 34 Crim. L.Q. 158, pp. 171, 172 [para. 16]; 173-174 [paras. 16, 108].
Blanchflower, Michael C., Examination of the Law of the Requesting State in Extradition Proceedings (1992), 34 Crim. L.Q. 277, generally [paras. 45, 108].
La Forest, G.V., Extradition To and From Canada (1st Ed. 1961), pp. 37 [para. 74]; 72 [paras. 45, 74].
La Forest, G.V., Extradition To and From Canada (2nd Ed. 1977), pp. 42 [paras. 49, 102]; 52 [para. 74]; 108 [para. 45]; 109-110 [paras. 45, 74].
La Forest, Anne Warner, La Forest's Extradition To and From Canada (3rd Ed. 1991), pp. 3, 4 [para. 16]; 5, 6 [para. 10]; 42 [para. 105]; 51 [paras. 45, 73]; 52, 53 [para. 45]; 54 [paras. 45, 104]; 55 [para. 45]; 74 [paras. 43, 102]; 76 [para. 76]; 84, 85 [para. 22]; 128, 129 [para. 16]; 164 [para. 45]; 165 [paras. 42, 45]; 166-169 [para. 45]; 170 [paras. 45, 108]; 172-174 [para. 45]; 185, 186 [para. 22]; 273 et seq. [para. 11]; 359 et seq. [para. 15].
Piggott, Sir Francis, Extradition: A Treatise on the Law Relating to Fugitive Offenders (1910), generally [para. 15]; pp. 124, 125 [para. 45].
Shearer, Ivan Anthony, Extradition in International Law (1971), pp. 137, 138 [para. 49]; 139, 140 [paras. 40, 45]; 141 [para. 45].
United Kingdom, Report of the Royal Commission on Extradition of 1878, p. 8 [para. 44].
Counsel:
S. David Frankel, Q.C., and Cheryl J. Tobias, for the appellant;
Robert S. Anderson and David Lunny, for the respondent.
Solicitors of Record:
John C. Tait, Q.C., Deputy Attorney General of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, for the appellant;
Farris, Vauchan, Wills & Murphy, Vancouver, British Columbia, for the respondent.
This appeal was heard on October 30, 1991, before Lamer, C.J.C., La Forest, L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, JJ., of the Supreme Court of Canada. The decision of the court was delivered on November 19, 1992, in both official languages, including the following opinions:
La Forest, J. (L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Cory, JJ., concurring) - see paragraphs 1 to 86;
Sopinka, J., dissenting (Lamer, C.J.C., and McLachlin, J., concurring) - see paragraphs 87 to 113.
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