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R. v. Beaulieu

2008 SCC 1 [2008] 1 SCR 3 Court SCC Decision date 2008-01-24 Docket 32004 English

PartiesClaude Beaulieu Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Judges McLachlin, Beverley; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Fish, Morris J.; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall

Delivered by Reasons

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

Reasons for judgment

LeBel J. _ We all agree that the motion to adduce fresh evidence does not meet the criteria developed by the courts and that the majority of the Quebec Court of Appeal was right to dismiss it. We also believe that the appellant has not established a basis for this Court to intervene. In particular, it has not been shown that the guilty verdict is unreasonable or that there has been a miscarriage of justice. For these reasons, the appeal is dismissed.