G & N School Bus Service Inc. and Minitsos v. The Queen, [1982] 2 SCR 530

Supreme Court of Canada

G & N School Bus Service Inc. and Minitsos v. The Queen, [1982] 2 S.C.R. 530

Date: 1982-10-04

G & N School Bus Service Inc. Appellant;

and

Her Majesty The Queen Respondent.

Dimitrios Minitsos Appellant;

and

Her Majesty The Queen Respondent.

File No.: 15720.

1982: October 4.

Present: Ritchie, Dickson, Beetz, McIntyre, Chouinard, Lamer and Wilson JJ.

ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR QUEBEC

Criminal law—Criminal negligence in operation of motor vehicle—Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-34, s. 233(1)(a).

APPEALS from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec, dated May 23, 1979, dismissing appellants’ appeals from their conviction on a charge of criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle. Appeals dismissed.

Judah Wolofsky, for the appellants.

Gontran Chamard, for the respondent.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

RITCHIE J.—We are all of the view that the Court of Appeal of Quebec did not err in finding that the trial judge properly convicted the accused of criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle.

The appeals are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitor for the appellants: Judah Wolofsky, Montreal.

Solicitor for the respondent: Gontran Chamard, Montreal.