R. v. Martin, 1996 CanLII 223 (SCC), [1996] 1 SCR 463
Paul A. Martin Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Martin
1996: March 1.
Present: Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Major JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for british columbia
Constitutional law ‑‑ Charter of Rights ‑‑ Admissibility of evidence ‑‑ Admission of evidence not bringing administration of justice into disrepute.
Statutes and Regulations Cited
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 8.
APPEAL from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (1995), 1995 CanLII 1003 (BC CA), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 241, 56 B.C.A.C. 241, 92 W.A.C. 241, 30 C.R.R. (2d) 170, 40 C.R. (4th) 382, dismissing the accused's appeal from his convictions on charges of cultivating marijuana and possession of marijuana. Appeal dismissed.
Manuel A. Azevedo, for the appellant.
S. David Frankel, Q.C., and John M. Loo, for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
1Sopinka J. ‑‑ We are all of the view that the appeal should be dismissed. Assuming without deciding that there was a breach of s. 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, we agree with the majority of the Court of Appeal that admission of the evidence would not bring the administration of justice into disrepute.
Appeal dismissed.
Solicitors for the appellant: Rankin & Company, Vancouver.
Solicitor for the respondent: George Thomson, Ottawa.