Jocelyn Van Overbeek

The appellant injected the deceased with cocaine, resulting in her death from cardiac arrest and asphyxiation.

He was convicted of unlawful act manslaughter.

On appeal, the appellant argued that the common law definition of unlawful act manslaughter, which requires only objective foreseeability of the risk of bodily harm rather than death, violates section 7 of the Charter.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, holding that the objective foreseeability of the risk of bodily harm is the appropriate mens rea for manslaughter and accords with the principles of fundamental justice.

The appellants appealed from judgments of the Ontario Court of Appeal regarding the sequence of sentences for escaping lawful custody.

The Court of Appeal had reversed the sequence to make new sentences consecutive to the escape sentences.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeals from the bench, finding no error in the majority judgments of the Court of Appeal.

The appellant appealed his convictions for attempted robbery and use of a firearm.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, finding that the verdicts of guilt were not unreasonable and were supported by the evidence.

The Court concluded that no error of law was committed at trial and there was no miscarriage of justice.