Who is Lucy Anne Cecchetto?

Lucy Anne Cecchetto has a minicounsel lawyer profile with 62 linked court cases from 1984 to 2016.

What courts has Lucy Anne Cecchetto appeared in?

Lucy Anne Cecchetto has appeared in Court of Appeal for Ontario, Supreme Court of Canada, with most appearances at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

How many cases has Lucy Anne Cecchetto handled?

Lucy Anne Cecchetto has 62 cases on record from 1984 to 2016.

What judges has Lucy Anne Cecchetto appeared before?

Lucy Anne Cecchetto has most frequently appeared before Justice Marc Rosenberg, Justice Kathryn N. Feldman, Justice Janet M. Simmons.

minicounsel

Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Law

Family and Matrimonial Law

Lucy Anne Cecchetto

appeals

OCA

LSO Profile

LSO #16681H

Also known as: Lucy A. Cecchetto, Lucy Cecchetto

cases · OCA, SCC

Trial

Motion

Costs

Appeal

Sentencing

62 total

Appeal as of right quashed because the dissent below was not on a question of law.

The appellant appealed his conviction for indecent assault to the Supreme Court of Canada as of right, based on a dissent in the Court of Appeal.

The Supreme Court quashed the appeal, finding that the dissent in the Court of Appeal was not on a question of law, and therefore the Court had no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.

R. v. D. (G.C.) 1989 SCC mini 103

Respondent Counsel

Michael Code

26 cases1984–2007

Lucy Anne Cecchetto

62 cases1984–2016

Clayton C. Ruby

90 cases1982–2021

William McIntyre

SCCMajority (Wrote the majority reasons)778 cases1980–1990

Willard Estey

SCCMajority616 cases1980–1989

Roland Ritchie

SCCDissenting340 cases1980–1985

Julien Chouinard

SCCMajority541 cases1980–1988

Jean Beetz

SCCMajority633 cases1980–1989

Brian Dickson

SCCMajority823 cases1980–1990

Bora Laskin

SCCMajority255 cases1980–1985

Bertha Wilson

SCCMajority674 cases1982–1991

Antonio Lamer

SCCMajority1,381 cases1980–2001

SCCSupreme Court of CanadaApr 2, 1984

The mens rea for attempted murder requires a specific intent to kill.

The respondent broke into an apartment building with a loaded sawed-off shotgun to confront his estranged wife.

During a struggle with the man his wife was living with, the gun discharged.

The respondent was convicted of attempted murder based on constructive murder provisions.

The Court of Appeal overturned the conviction.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the Crown's appeal, holding that the mens rea for attempted murder is the specific intent to kill, overruling its previous decision in Lajoie.

The Queen v. Ancio 1984 SCC mini 11

Applicant Counsel

Self-represented

2 cases

Delmar Michael Doucette

Experts in linked cases

Dr. David Chan

Emergency physician and pathologist

Chief Forensic Pathologist of the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service

Forensic Psychiatrist

Stephen Horwood

criminal investigator for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

Special Advisor to the Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission

Detective Constable Craig Moore

British forensic psychologist

Dr. Michael Welner

forensic psychiatrist practising in the United States

total cases

courts

Court Distribution

OCA55(89%)

SCC7(11%)

Case Types

appeal

motion

Lucy Anne Cecchetto — Page 4

Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Law

Family and Matrimonial Law

Lucy Anne Cecchetto

appeals

OCA

LSO Profile

LSO #16681H

Also known as: Lucy A. Cecchetto, Lucy Cecchetto

cases · OCA, SCC

Trial

Motion

Costs

Appeal

Sentencing

62 total

Peter M. Barr

4 cases1989–2018

Lucy Anne Cecchetto

62 cases1984–2016

Peter deCarteret Cory

SCCUnanimous980 cases1989–2001

John Sopinka

SCCUnanimous907 cases1988–1998

Charles D. Gonthier

SCCUnanimous1,244 cases1989–2004

Beverley McLachlin

SCCUnanimous2,017 cases1989–2018

Bertha Wilson

SCCUnanimous (Wrote the reasons)674 cases1982–1991

SCCSupreme Court of CanadaOct 5, 1989

Appeal as of right quashed because the dissent below was not on a question of law.

The appellant appealed his conviction for indecent assault to the Supreme Court of Canada as of right, based on a dissent in the Court of Appeal.

The Supreme Court quashed the appeal, finding that the dissent in the Court of Appeal was not on a question of law, and therefore the Court had no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.

R. v. D. (G.C.) 1989 SCC mini 103

Respondent Counsel

Michael Code

26 cases1984–2007

Lucy Anne Cecchetto

62 cases1984–2016

Clayton C. Ruby

90 cases1982–2021

William McIntyre

SCCMajority (Wrote the majority reasons)778 cases1980–1990

Willard Estey

SCCMajority616 cases1980–1989

Roland Ritchie

SCCDissenting340 cases1980–1985

Julien Chouinard

SCCMajority541 cases1980–1988

Jean Beetz

SCCMajority633 cases1980–1989

Brian Dickson

SCCMajority823 cases1980–1990

Bora Laskin

SCCMajority255 cases1980–1985

Bertha Wilson

SCCMajority674 cases1982–1991

Antonio Lamer

SCCMajority1,381 cases1980–2001

SCCSupreme Court of CanadaApr 2, 1984

The mens rea for attempted murder requires a specific intent to kill.

The respondent broke into an apartment building with a loaded sawed-off shotgun to confront his estranged wife.

During a struggle with the man his wife was living with, the gun discharged.

The respondent was convicted of attempted murder based on constructive murder provisions.

The Court of Appeal overturned the conviction.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the Crown's appeal, holding that the mens rea for attempted murder is the specific intent to kill, overruling its previous decision in Lajoie.