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R. v. R.L.

2013 SCC 54 [2013] 3 SCR 418 Court SCC Decision date 2013-10-18 Docket 34871 English

PartiesR.L. Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (2)
Procureurs de l’appelant : Desrosiers, Joncas, Massicotte, Montréal.
Procureur de l’intimée : Poursuites criminelles et pénales du Québec, Montréal.

Judges McLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard

Delivered by LeBel J. (McLachlin C.J. and Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ. concurring)

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

Reasons for Judgment — LeBel J. (McLachlin C.J. and Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ. concurring)

LeBel J. — Speaking for a majority of the Court, I am of the opinion that the Court of Appeal of Quebec did not err when, for the reasons given by Chamberland J.A., it dismissed the appellant’s application for an extension of time, and for those reasons, the appeal is dismissed.
Justice Cromwell, dissenting, essentially for the reasons given by Dalphond J.A. in dissent in the Court of Appeal, would have allowed the appeal, granted the extension of time and returned the matter to the Court of Appeal.