R. v. R.D., 2006 SCC 51, [2006] 2 SCR 610

                                                 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

Between:

R.D.

Appellant

and

Her Majesty The Queen

Respondent

Official English Translation

Coram: Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron and Rothstein JJ.

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R. v. R.D., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 610, 2006 SCC 51

R.D.                                                                                                                   Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                               Respondent

Indexed as:  R. v. R.D.

Neutral citation:  2006 SCC 51.

File No.:  31257.

2006:  November 16.

Present:  Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron and Rothstein JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec

Criminal law — Evidence — Criminal negligence — Assessment of evidence.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal (Robert C.J.Q. and Mailhot and Dutil JJ.A.), [2006] R.J.Q. 8, 36 C.R. (6th) 362, [2005] Q.J. No. 17811 (QL), 2005 QCCA 1167, setting aside the accused’s acquittal entered by Lambert J.C.Q., [2004] R.J.Q. 735, [2003] Q.J. No. 21945 (QL), and ordering a new trial.  Appeal allowed.

Jacques Lacoursière and Guy Lebrun, for the appellant.

Jacques Mercier and Joanne Tourville, for the respondent.

English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by

1                                   Binnie J. — The appellant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Appeal that set aside her acquittal on the charges laid against her.  After reviewing the record and hearing the submissions, the Court allows the appeal for the reasons given by Dutil J.A., in dissent, and restores the acquittal.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant:  Lacoursière Lebrun Vézina, Trois‑Rivières.

Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General’s Prosecutor, Trois‑Rivières.