R. v. Phillips; R. v. Easton

[1991] 2 SCR 209 Court SCC Decision date 1991-06-28 Docket 21868, 21869 English

PartiesRalph Wayne Phillips Appellant·The Attorney General for Ontario Respondent·Brent Alexander Easton Appellant

Judges Lamer, Antonio; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley

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

On appeal from Ontario

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

Lamer C.J. -- We need not hear from you, Ms. Van Overbeek. We are ready to hand down judgment now.

We find no error in the majority judgments of the Court of Appeal and accordingly these two appeals are dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitor for the appellants: Fergus J. O'Connor, Kingston.

Solicitor for the respondent: Jocelyn Van Overbeek, Toronto.