Douglas Rutherford

The Crown appealed the respondent's acquittal on two counts of resale price maintenance under the Combines Investigation Act.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the majority judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal that the Crown's case was not proved.

The appellant appealed a conviction for trafficking in heroin, arguing that the trial judge erred by failing to advert to the danger of acting on uncorroborated accomplice evidence.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, finding that the trial judge's reasons were adequate to support the conviction, especially given that the accomplice's evidence was accepted and there was, in fact, corroboration.