Simon Blais

The appellant appealed a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec affirming the inadequacy of the trial judge's reasons.

A majority of the Court dismissed the appeal substantially for the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal concerning the inadequacy of the trial judge's reasons.

The dissenting judge would have allowed the appeal for the reasons given by the dissenting judge at the Court of Appeal.

The judgment was delivered orally on the day of hearing.

The Attorney General of Ontario intervened in the proceedings.

In this criminal appeal as of right, the Court considered whether evidence obtained after an unlawful police detention should be excluded under s. 24(2) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms following a breach of s. 9.

Adopting the reasons of the intermediate appellate court judge, the Court held that the weighing of the relevant exclusion factors did not support excluding the impugned evidence.

The conviction was therefore left undisturbed.

The appeal was dismissed from the bench with brief oral reasons.