R. v. Steeves, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 1136

 

Her Majesty the Queen                                                                    Appellant

 

v.

 

Robert Gordon Steeves                                                                     Respondent

 

Indexed as:  R. v. Steeves

 

File No.:  23073.

 

1993:  March 31.

 

Present:  Lamer C.J. and Gonthier, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

 

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

 

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Appeal ‑‑ Unreasonable verdict ‑‑ Accused convicted of manslaughter ‑‑ Court of Appeal overturning conviction ‑‑  Trial judge's conclusion that accused inflicted fatal injuries not unreasonable ‑‑ Conviction restored.

 

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (1992), 127 A.R. 2, 20 W.A.C. 2, quashing the accused's conviction on a charge of manslaughter and removing a conditional stay on a charge of aggravated assault.  Appeal allowed.

 

                   Earl C. Wilson, Q.C., for the appellant.

 

                   Bryan D. Newton, for the respondent.

 

//Lamer C.J.//

 

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

 

                   Lamer C.J. ‑‑ We are in agreement with the reasons of Fraser J.A. (as she then was).  The appeal is allowed.  The order of the Court of Appeal of Alberta is quashed.  The conviction for manslaughter is restored, as is the conditional stay of proceedings as to the charge of aggravated assault.

 

                   Judgment accordingly.

 

                   Solicitor for the appellant:  Earl C. Wilson, Calgary.

 

                   Solicitors for the respondent:  Lord & Russell, Calgary.