SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

Appeal heard: April 29, 2016 Judgment rendered: April 29, 2016 Docket: 36704

Between:

John Thomas Shaoulle

Appellant

and

Her Majesty The Queen

Respondent

Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ.

Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1)

McLachlin C.J. (Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ. concurring)

R. v. Shaoulle, 2016 SCC 16, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 268

John Thomas Shaoulle Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Indexed as: R. v. Shaoulle

2016 SCC 16

File No.: 36704.

2016: April 29.

Present: McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan

Criminal law — Appeals — Unreasonable verdict — Verdict of trial judge reasonable — Accused’s conviction for first degree murder upheld.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Jackson, Klebuc and Ottenbreit JJ.A.), 2015 SKCA 101 , 467 Sask. R. 86, 651 W.A.C. 86, [2016] 2 W.W.R. 246, [2015] S.J. No. 492 (QL), 2015 CarswellSask 572 (WL Can.), upholding the accused’s conviction for first degree murder entered by Allbright J., 2013 CarswellSask 978 (WL Can.) . Appeal dismissed.

Brian Pfefferle and Amy L. Kolenick , for the appellant.

W. Dean Sinclair , Q.C. , for the respondent.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

[ 1 ] The Chief Justice — The appeal is dismissed for the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Pfefferle Law Office, Saskatoon.

Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General for Saskatchewan, Regina.