R. v. Rodrigue, 2005 SCC 67, [2005] 3 SCR 384

                                                 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

Between:

Yvon Rodrigue

Appellant

and

Her Majesty The Queen

Respondent

Official English Translation

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

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R. v. Rodrigue, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 384, 2005 SCC 67

Yvon Rodrigue                                                                                                  Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                               Respondent

Indexed as:  R. v. Rodrigue

Neutral citation:  2005 SCC 67.

File No.:  30899.

2005:  November 17.

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

on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec

Criminal law — Firearms — Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose — Intention to use weapon.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal (Brossard, Nuss and Morissette JJ.A.) (2005), 30 C.R. (6th) 176, [2005] Q.J. No. 2700 (QL), 2005 QCCA 310, upholding the accused’s conviction for possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to public peace.  Appeal dismissed.

Josée Ferrari, for the appellant.

Pierre Proulx and Henri‑Pierre LaBrie, for the respondent.

English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by

1                                   The Court — Like the Court of Appeal, we are all of the view that the trial judge, in finding the necessary criminal intent in the instant case, committed no error that would warrant the intervention of this Court.  The appeal is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant:  Pariseau, Olivier, Montréal.

Solicitor for the respondent:  Attorney General’s Prosecutor, Sherbrooke.