R. v. Russell, 1997 CanLII 375 (SCC), [1997] 1 SCR 356
Cameron Lee Russell Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Russell
1997: February 21.
Present: Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta
Criminal law ‑‑Motor vehicles ‑‑ Dangerous driving causing death ‑‑ Trial judge properly applying elements of offence ‑‑ Conviction affirmed.
Cases Cited
Referred to: R. v. Hundal, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 867.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (1996), 1996 ABCA 68, 181 A.R. 115, 116 W.A.C. 115, 21 M.V.R. (3d) 111, dismissing the accused’s appeal from his conviction for dangerous driving causing death. Appeal dismissed.
Roy D. Shellnutt, for the appellant.
Goran Tomljanovic, for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
1Major J. ‑‑ We are all of the opinion that this appeal as of right must be dismissed.
2We agree with Côté J.A. of the Alberta Court of Appeal that while routine skills are required of automobile drivers, the trial judge did not impose a different standard of care on the appellant but properly applied the elements of this offence as set out in R. v. Hundal.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Shellnutt McKenna Bryant, Calgary.
Solicitor for the respondent: The Attorney General for Alberta, Calgary.