R. v. Robinson

2017 SCC 52 [2017] 2 SCR 382 Court SCC Decision date 2017-11-01 Heard 2017-10-30 Docket 37411 English

PartiesHer Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (3)

Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Sugden, McFee & Roos, Vancouver; Michael Sobkin, Ottawa.
Solicitors for the respondent: Peck and Company, Vancouver.

Judges Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Rowe, Malcolm

Delivered by Abella J. (Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner, Gascon, Côté and Rowe JJ. concurring)

On appeal from British Columbia

Contents

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

Abella J. — A majority would dismiss the appeal substantially for the reasons of the majority in the Court of Appeal. Justice Côté, dissenting, would order a new trial for substantially the reasons of Willcock J.A.