Tasia M. Natewayes Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2017 SCC 5
Opinion
SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Citation: R. v. Natewayes, 2017 SCC 5, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 91 Appeal heard: January 19, 2017 Judgment rendered: January 19, 2017 Docket: 36793 Between: Tasia M. Natewayes Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1) McLachlin C.J. (Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. concurring) R. v. Natewayes, 2017 SCC 5, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 91
Tasia M. Natewayes Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Natewayes 2017 SCC 5 File No.: 36793. 2017: January 19.
Present: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan Criminal law — Evidence — Assessment — Accused driving group of men to house so they could assault one individual — Fatal stabbing of another individual occurring during home invasion committed by men — Accused charged with manslaughter and breaking and entering with intent to commit indictable offence — Acquittal on manslaughter charge set aside by Court of Appeal and conviction entered — Court of Appeal concluding that it was open to trial judge to find that accused knew home invasion was about to happen — Accused’s conviction for manslaughter upheld.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Richards C.J. and Caldwell and Whitmore JJ.A.), 2015 SKCA 120 , 467 Sask. R. 308, 651 W.A.C. 308, [2015] S.J. No. 612 (QL), 2015 CarswellSask 722 (WL Can.), setting aside the accused’s conviction for breaking and entering with intent to commit an indictable offence and entering a conviction for manslaughter. Appeal dismissed. Peter A. Abrametz , for the appellant. W. Dean Sinclair , Q.C. , for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by [ 1 ] The Chief Justice — We are all of the view that the appeal should be dismissed for the reasons of Chief Justice Richards in the Court of Appeal. Judgment accordingly. Solicitor for the appellant: Peter A. Abrametz Legal Professional Corporation, Prince Albert. Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General for Saskatchewan, Regina.
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