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R. v. C. (D.A.)

[1997] 1 SCR 8 Court SCC Decision date 1997-01-24 Docket 25230 English

PartiesD.A.C. Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Judges Sopinka, John; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.

Delivered by Sopinka J.

On appeal from British Columbia

Subjects Criminal law

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Sopinka J.

Sopinka J. ‑‑ This is an appeal as of right. In R. v. Litchfield, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 333, this Court held that an appellate court would only interfere with the exercise of a trial judge’s discretion with respect to severance of counts in an indictment if the trial judge acted unjudicially or the ruling resulted in an injustice. We agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal that neither of these circumstances was present here.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.

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