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R. v. Bayard

[1989] 1 SCR 425 Court SCC Decision date 1989-03-22 Docket 21096 English

PartiesLouis Pierre Bayard Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Judges Wilson, Bertha; La Forest, Gérard V.; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret

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

On appeal from British Columbia

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

Wilson J.

Wilson J. ‑‑ The appeal is allowed substantially for the reasons given by Lambert J.A. in dissent in the British Columbia Court of Appeal and the acquittal is restored.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitor for the appellant: Stanley J. Tessmer, Vancouver.
Solicitor for the respondent: The Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia, Vancouver.