R. v. Hall — [1989] 2 SCR 1117

R. v. Hall

[1989] 2 SCR 1117 Court SCC Decision date 1989-11-30 Docket 20997 English

PartiesAustin Miles Hall Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Judges Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret

Decision 4–1 Majority (4) · Lamer J. (1)

On appeal from Manitoba

Subjects Criminal law

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

Lamer J. ‑‑ This appeal, which comes to us as of right, must fail under the test set out in 1987 by this Court in R. v. Monteleone, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 154, and previously by a majority of this Court in Mezzo v. The Queen, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 802. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Wolch, Pinx, Tapper, Scurfield, Winnipeg.

Solicitor for the respondent: The Attorney General of Manitoba, Winnipeg.