The appellant was acquitted of second degree murder after the trial judge ruled his statements to police were involuntary and inadmissible.
The Crown appealed, and the New Brunswick Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and ordered a new trial.
The appellant appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada as of right.
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and restored the acquittal, finding that the trial judge properly applied the voluntariness test by considering all circumstances, including oppressive conditions and inducements, and that the Crown's appeal did not raise a question of law alone.
