R. v. Berntson, 2001 SCC 9, [2001] 1 SCR 365

R. v. Berntson, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 365, 2001 SCC 9

Eric Arthur Berntson   Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

Indexed as:  R. v. Berntson

Neutral citation: 2001 SCC 9.

File No.:  27896.

2001: February 23. 

Present:  McLachlin C.J. and Gonthier, Iacobucci, Bastarache and Arbour JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan

Criminal law – Fraud – Elements of offence.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, [2000] 8 W.W.R. 388, 145 C.C.C. (3d) 1, 35 C.R. (5th) 152, [2000] S.J. No. 237 (QL), 2000 SKCA 47, dismissing the accused’s appeal from his conviction for fraud (1999), 178 Sask. R. 1, [1999] S.J. No. 89 (QL).  Appeal dismissed.

Michael T. Megaw, for the appellant.

D. Murray Brown, Q.C., for the respondent.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

1                                   Iacobucci J. –  This appeal comes to us as of right.  We are all of the view to dismiss the appeal against conviction for substantially the reasons of the majority in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

2                                   On the application for leave to appeal sentence, we are all of the view that the courts below addressed the relevant guiding principles and consequently the leave application raises no issue of general importance that warrants our granting leave.

3                                   The appeal is dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant:  Shirkey, Ulmer, Willner & Megaw, Regina.

Solicitor for the respondent:  The Department of Justice, Regina.