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R. v. Strecko

Collection Supreme Court Judgments
Date 2009-01-14
Neutral citation 2009 SCC 2
Report [2009] 1 SCR 64
Case number 32679
Judges Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Cromwell, Thomas Albert
On appeal from Quebec
Subjects Criminal law
Notes SCC Case Information: 32679

Decision Content

 

                                                 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

 

 

Citation: R. v. Strecko, 2009 SCC 2, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 64

 

Date :  20090114

Docket :  32679

 

Between:

Michel Strecko

Appellant

and

Her Majesty The Queen

Respondent

 

Official English Translation

 

Coram : Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron and Cromwell JJ.

 

 

Reasons for Judgment:

(para. 1)

 

 

 

LeBel J. (Binnie, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron and Cromwell JJ. concurring)

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R. v. Strecko, 2009 SCC 2, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 64

 

Michel Strecko                                                                                                                   Appellant

 

v.

 

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                                                 Respondent

 

Indexed as:  R. v. Strecko

 

Neutral citation:  2009 SCC 2.

 

File No.:  32679.

 

2009:  January 14.

 

Present:  Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron and Cromwell JJ.

 

on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec

 

Criminal law — Extortion — Acquittal — Court of Appeal substituting conviction — Substitution justified.

 

APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal, 2008 QCCA 871, J.E. 2008-1069, [2008] SOQUIJ AZ-50491225, [2008] J.Q. no 3837 (QL), 2008 CarswellQue 3773, setting aside the accused’s acquittal and entering a conviction. Appeal dismissed, Fish and Cromwell JJ. dissenting. 

 

Marie‑Hélène Giroux and Clément Monterosso, for the appellant.

 

Harry Pierre‑Étienne and Michel Pennou, for the respondent.

 

English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by

 

[1]     LeBel J. — The majority of the Court consider that the trial judge drew the necessary findings from the evidence and that the substitution of a conviction for the acquittal was justified in the circumstances.  The appeal is accordingly dismissed.  Fish and Cromwell JJ., dissenting, would have allowed the appeal in part to order a new trial.

 

Judgment accordingly.

 

Solicitors for the appellant:  Monterosso Giroux, Montréal.

 

Solicitor for the respondent:  Poursuites criminelles et pénales du Québec, Montréal.

 

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