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R. v. Savard

2017 SCC 21 [2017] 1 SCR 400 Court SCC Decision date 2017-04-03 Heard 2017-03-31 Docket 36908 English

PartiesHer Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (1)
Solicitor for the respondent: Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Quebec, Chicoutimi.

Judges Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm

Delivered by Wagner J. (Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. concurring)

On appeal from Quebec

Contents

Reasons for Judgment — Wagner J. (Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. concurring)

Wagner J. — This appeal as of right is based on the dissent of one judge in the Quebec Court of Appeal.
The appellant was found guilty by Judge Michel Boudreault of the Court of Quebec of having committed a number of sexual offences on his nephews and niece dating back to the 1960s.
A majority of the judges of this Court agree with the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal. Côté J. would have ordered a new trial for the reasons of the dissenting judge in the Court of Appeal.
For these reasons, the appeal is dismissed.