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Appeal dismissed; new trial for robbery upheld due to inadequate jury instructions on complicity.
The appellant was acquitted of robbery at trial.
The Court of Appeal ordered a new trial, finding that the trial judge failed to adequately instruct the jury on complicity as an alternative basis for guilt under s. 21(1) of the Criminal Code.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, agreeing that the trial judge's failure to instruct the jury on complicity warranted a new trial.
