Louison v. The Queen

[1979] 1 SCR 100 Court SCC Decision date 1978-12-05 English

PartiesFrederick Allan Louison Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (4)

B.A. Crane, Q.C., for the appellant.
S. Kujawa, Q.C., for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellant: Harradence, Longworth, Serris & Zatlyn, Prince Albert.
Solicitor for the respondent: K.W. MacKay, Regina.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves

Delivered by Majority

On appeal from Saskatchewan

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you Mr. Kujawa. We agree with Chief Justice Culliton that the trial judge did not err in refusing to leave provocation to the jury. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Harradence, Longworth, Serris & Zatlyn, Prince Albert.

Solicitor for the respondent: K.W. MacKay, Regina.

Footnotes

[1] [1975] 6 W.W.R.289.