The appellant planned to kill his wife by crashing their car and setting it on fire, but in carrying out the plan, he accidentally killed his two children instead.
He was convicted of first-degree murder of his children.
On appeal, he argued that the planning and deliberation must relate to the actual victims.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, holding that under the Criminal Code, the intent to murder one person is sufficient mens rea if the accused accidentally kills another, and the planning and deliberation relates to the taking of a human life generally, not the specific identity of the victim.
