Farquharson v. The Queen, [1986] 1 SCR 703

Farquharson v. The Queen, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 703

Philroy Farquharson    Appellant;

and

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent.

File No.: 17755.

1986: May 1; 1986: May 22.

Present: Beetz, McIntyre, Chouinard, Lamer, Wilson, Le Dain and La Forest JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Convictions for attempted robbery and use of firearm upheld by Court of Appeal ‑‑ No error of law committed at trial ‑‑ No miscarriage of justice.

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (1983), 6 C.C.C. (3d) 29 (sub nom. R. v. McLeod, Pinnock and Farquharson), dismissing appellant's appeal from his convictions for attempted robbery and use of a firearm. Appeal dismissed.

                   Clayton C. Ruby and Michael Code, for the appellant.

                   Douglas C. Hunt, Q.C., and Jocelyn Van Overbeek, for the respondent.

                   The following is the judgment delivered by

1.                The Court‑‑We are of the view that the verdicts of guilt are not unreasonable and can be supported by the evidence, that as regards the counts on which the accused was found guilty no error of law was committed at trial, and that there was no miscarriage of justice. Accordingly, we would dismiss the appeal.

                   Appeal dismissed.

                   Solicitors for the appellant: Ruby & Edwardh, Toronto.

                   Solicitor for the respondent: The Attorney General for the Province of Ontario, Toronto.