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R v Latimer
This article is about the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada. For the decision, see R v Latimer ().
Supreme Court of Canada case
| R v Latimer | |
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Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Full case name | Robert William Latimer v Her Majesty The Queen |
| Citations | [] 1 SCR 3; SCC 1; (), DLR (4th) ; [] 6 WWR ; (), CCC (3d) ; (), 39 CR (5th) 1; (), 80 CRR (2d) ; (), Sask R 1 |
| Prior history | Judgment for the Crown in the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan |
| Ruling | Conviction and prison sentence upheld |
| The ten-year minimum sentence in this case did not amount to cruel and unusual punishment under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the fairness of the trial was not compromised by the lateness of the decision on whether the jury could consider the defence of necessity. | |
| Chief Justice:Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices:Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louise Arbour, Louis LeBel | |
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