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Johnston v. The Queen

[1978] 2 SCR 391 Court SCC Decision date 1978-02-27 English

PartiesAlbert Glen Johnston Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (4)
P. Ayotte, for the appellant.
E.G. Ewaschuk, for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellant: Ayotte, Cooper, Geldreich, Johnson & Stefura, Yellowknife.
Solicitor for the respondent: O.J.T. Troy, Yellowknife.

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 Northwest Territories

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you, Mr. Ewaschuk. We are all of the opinion that the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal came to a correct conclusion for the reasons given by Mr. Justice Clement. The appeal is accordingly dismissed and the certificate of judgment remitted to the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal to be reformed as to the times for which and within which and the place at which the sentence is to be served.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Ayotte, Cooper, Geldreich, Johnson & Stefura, Yellowknife.
Solicitor for the respondent: O.J.T. Troy, Yellowknife.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1977] 2 W.W.R. 613, 34 C.C.C. (2d) 325.