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Acquittal restored after appellate intervention on corroboration and hearsay analysis.
The appellant challenged a provincial appellate decision that had set aside an acquittal for manslaughter and ordered a new trial.
The Court addressed corroboration and hearsay issues arising from the trial judge's treatment of confirmatory evidence.
A majority concluded that the appeal should be allowed substantially for the reasons given in the dissenting reasons below and restored the acquittal.
The result confirms that the identified hearsay-test error did not affect the trial outcome.
