The accused was acquitted of three counts of first-degree murder.
The Crown appealed, arguing the trial judge misdirected the jury by instructing them to reject the accused's out-of-court confession if his trial testimony raised a reasonable doubt about it.
The Court of Appeal ordered a new trial.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the accused's appeal and restored the acquittal, finding that the jury charge, read as a whole, did not improperly instruct the jury to evaluate the evidence in a piecemeal or two-stage fashion.
