R. v. Lafrance, [1988] 1 SCR 617

r. v. lafrance, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 617

Martin Gerard Lafrance                                                                   Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

indexed as: r. v. lafrance

File No.: 20294.

1988: March 30.

Present: Estey, Lamer, Wilson, Le Dain and L'Heureux‑Dubé JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Appeal as of right ‑‑ Interception of communications ‑‑ Authorization to intercept private communications ‑‑ Whether authorization embraced manner of interception employed.

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal, rendered on December 2, 1986, setting aside an acquittal on a charge of conspiracy to traffic in a narcotic and ordering a new trial. Appeal dismissed.

                   Richard Cairns, for the appellant.

                   Bruce A. MacFarlane, Q.C., and Donald J. Avison, for the respondent.

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

1.                       Estey J.‑‑We are all of the view that this appeal should be dismissed for the reasons given by the Court of Appeal of Alberta.

                   Judgment accordingly.

                   Solicitors for the appellant: Starr, Cairns, Calgary.

                   Solicitor for the respondent: Frank Iacobucci, Ottawa.