Jean-Louis Savard Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2017 SCC 21
Opinion
SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Citation: R. v. Savard, 2017 SCC 21, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 400 Appeal heard: March 31, 2017 Judgment rendered: March 31, 2017 Docket: 36908 Between: Jean-Louis Savard Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Official English Translation Coram: Wagner, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. Reasons for Judgment: (paras. 1 to 4) Wagner J. (Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. concurring) R. v. Savard, 2017 SCC 21, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 400 Jean-Louis Savard Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Savard 2017 SCC 21 File No.: 36908. 2017: March 31. Present: Wagner, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec Criminal law — Evidence — Assessment — Credibility of witnesses — Court of Appeal finding that guilty verdict was reasonable and compatible with evidence — Convictions affirmed.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal (Chamberland, Morin and Dutil JJ.A.), 2016 QCCA 380 , [2016] AZ-51259810, [2016] J.Q. n o 1608 (QL), 2016 CarswellQue 1699 (WL Can.), affirming convictions for indecent assault and gross indecency entered by Boudreault J., 2014 QCCQ 10256 , [2014] AZ-51117846, [2014] J.Q. n o 11811 (QL), 2014 CarswellQue 11286 (WL Can.). Appeal dismissed, Côté J. dissenting. Christian Maltais , for the appellant. Sébastien Vallée and Mélanie Paré , for the respondent.
English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by [ 1 ] Wagner J. — This appeal as of right is based on the dissent of one judge in the Quebec Court of Appeal. [ 2 ] The appellant was found guilty by Judge Michel Boudreault of the Court of Quebec of having committed a number of sexual offences on his nephews and niece dating back to the 1960s. [ 3 ] A majority of the judges of this Court agree with the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal. Côté J. would have ordered a new trial for the reasons of the dissenting judge in the Court of Appeal.
[ 4 ] For these reasons, the appeal is dismissed. Judgment accordingly. Solicitors for the appellant: Christian Maltais, Avocats, Baie-Comeau. Solicitor for the respondent: Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Quebec, Chicoutimi.
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