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R v Latimer, [2001] 1 SCR 3 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in the controversial case of Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer convicted of murdering his disabled daughter, Tracy Latimer.
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Three elements are required for a successful defence (R v Latimer, 2001 SCC 1, 1 SCR 3, at para 28): 1. The accused must be in an urgent situation of imminent peril or danger. The disaster must be imminent and it must be on the verge of transpiring and virtually certain to occur. 2.
This case caused a national controversy concerning the definition and ethics of euthanasia as well as the rights of people with disabilities, [1] and resulted in two Supreme Court decisions, R. v. Latimer (1997), on section 10 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and later R. v. Latimer (2001), concerning cruel and unusual ...
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Case name Argued Decided McLachlin L'Heureux-Dubé Gonthier Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel R. v. Latimer, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2001 SCC 1 : June 14, 2000 ...
Westchester County Executive George Latimer holds a 17-point lead over Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) in a tense Democratic New York House primary, according to a new poll. A survey by Emerson ...
The section has generated some case law, including the essential case R. v. Smith (1987), in which it was partially defined, and R. v. Latimer (2001), a famous case in which Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer protested that his long, mandatory minimum sentence for the murder of his disabled daughter was cruel and unusual. The section states: 12.