R. v. I. (R.R.), [1996] 3 SCR 1124

R. v. I. (R.R.), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 1124

R.R.I.                                                                                                  Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

Indexed as:  R. v. I. (R.R.)

File No.:  25042.

1996:  November 29.

Present:  Lamer C.J. and Sopinka, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for british columbia

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Sexual offences ‑‑ Motion to adduce fresh evidence dismissed ‑‑ Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing accused’s appeal upheld.

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (1995), 67 B.C.A.C. 137, 111 W.A.C. 137, dismissing the accused’s appeal from his conviction of several sexual offences.  Appeal dismissed.

                   Russell W. Cornett and Charles Lugosi, for the appellant.

                   Elizabeth A. Bennett, Q.C., for the respondent.

\\The Chief Justice\\

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

1                 The Chief Justice ‑‑ The motion to adduce fresh evidence is dismissed.  The appeal, which comes to us as of right, equally is dismissed.

2                 In dismissing the appeal, we should like to endorse the remarks below as regards the impropriety, be it in British Columbia or anywhere else in Canada, to proceed in the manner the Crown did.

                   Judgment accordingly.

                   Solicitors for the appellant:  Lugosi & Cornett, Prince George.

                   Solicitor for the respondent:  Elizabeth A. Bennett, Vancouver.