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R. v. Chicoine-Joubert

2025 SCC 3 Court SCC Decision date 2025-02-20 Heard 2025-02-20 Docket 41262 English

Judges Wagner, Richard; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; Jamal, Mahmud; Moreau, Mary

Decision 6–1 Majority (6) — Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Martin, Kasirer and Moreau JJ. · Dissent (1) — Jamal J.

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

The Chief Justice — A majority of the Court would dismiss the appeal, substantially for the reasons of the majority of the Quebec Court of Appeal.

Justice Jamal, for his part, would have allowed the appeal, substantially for the reasons of the dissenting judge.