R. v. Colgan, [1987] 2 SCR 686

R. v. Colgan, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 686

Ann Colgan       Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

indexed as: r. v. colgan

File No.: 20170.

1987: December 4.

Present: McIntyre, Lamer, Wilson, La Forest and L'Heureux‑Dubé JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for manitoba

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Information ‑‑ Sufficiency ‑‑ Theft ‑‑ Whether the information met the requirements of s. 510(3)  of the Criminal Code .

Statutes and Regulations Cited

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1970, c. C‑34, s. 510(3).

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Manitoba Court of Appeal (1986), 43 Man. R. (2d) 101, 30 C.C.C. (3d) 183, allowing the Crown's appeal from an order of Martin Prov. Ct. J. quashing a charge of theft. Appeal dismissed.

                   Donald MacIver, for the appellant.

                   E. Phillip Schachter, for the respondent.

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

1.                McIntyre J.‑‑This is an appeal as of right. We all agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal that the information meets the requirements of s. 510(3)  of the Criminal Code . The appeal is, accordingly, dismissed.

                   Judgment accordingly.

                   Solicitors for the appellant: McRoberts, MacIver, Rutley, Cudney, Winnipeg.

                   Solicitor for the respondent: The Department of the Attorney General, Winnipeg.