John Thomas Shaoulle Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2016 SCC 16

SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Citation: R. v. Shaoulle, 2016 SCC 16, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 268 Appeal heard: April 29, 2016 Judgment rendered: April 29, 2016 Docket: 36704 Between: John Thomas Shaoulle Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ. Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1) McLachlin C.J. (Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ. concurring) R. v. Shaoulle, 2016 SCC 16, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 268 John Thomas Shaoulle Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Shaoulle 2016 SCC 16 File No.: 36704.

2016: April 29. Present: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan Criminal law — Appeals — Unreasonable verdict — Verdict of trial judge reasonable — Accused’s conviction for first degree murder upheld. APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Jackson, Klebuc and Ottenbreit JJ.A.), 2015 SKCA 101 , 467 Sask. R. 86, 651 W.A.C. 86, [2016] 2 W.W.R. 246, [2015] S.J. No. 492 (QL), 2015 CarswellSask 572 (WL Can.), upholding the accused’s conviction for first degree murder entered by Allbright J., 2013 CarswellSask 978 (WL Can.) .

Appeal dismissed. Brian Pfefferle and Amy L. Kolenick , for the appellant. W. Dean Sinclair , Q.C. , for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by [ 1 ] The Chief Justice — The appeal is dismissed for the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal. Judgment accordingly. Solicitors for the appellant: Pfefferle Law Office, Saskatoon. Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General for Saskatchewan, Regina.