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R v Latimer, [1997] 1 SCR 217, 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. The case involved consideration of arbitrary detention under section 9 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and rights to an explanation for ...
He was convicted of second-degree murder, but in R v Latimer, [2] the Supreme Court overturned that finding due to the Crown's improper actions at the jury selection stage. In the subsequent second trial, Latimer was again convicted of second-degree murder, but the trial judge declined to sentence him to life imprisonment without eligibility ...
R. v. Smith [1] was the first case in which section 12 was considered by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court, however, could and did follow previous interpretations of cruel and unusual punishments in pre-Charter case law, namely Miller and Cockriell v. The Queen (1977). Cruel and unusual punishment was thus defined as punishment "so ...
Latimer was assessed to have a low risk of re-offending. [23] In September 2010, the parole board ruled he could be away from his Victoria halfway house for five days a week, but had to check in on the other two days. On November 29, 2010, Latimer was granted full parole and this decision took effect on December 6, 2010. [23] [26]
Free World Trust v Électro Santé Inc [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1024, 2000 SCC 66 December 15, 2000 Patent claim construction Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice) [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 December 15, 2000 Obscenity R v Latimer [2001] 1 S.C.R. 3, 2001 SCC 1 January 18, 2001 Euthanasia: R v Sharpe
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In R. v. Latimer, 2001 SCC 1, [33] the Supreme Court discussed jury nullification and indicated that it is a duty of the presiding justice to try to prevent it from occurring. Perhaps the most famous cases of jury nullification in Canada were the various trials of Henry Morgentaler , who openly operated a private abortion clinic in violation of ...
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