Sentences with phrase «of acquittal entered»

B.C.S.C.: summary conviction appeal allowed; verdict of acquittal entered.

He seeks to have his conviction set aside and a verdict of acquittal entered on the basis that the search was unconstitutional.

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The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and entered an acquittal.

Having regard to the highly unusual circumstances of this Reference, we have determined that the most appropriate remedy is to enter an acquittal.

On reconsideration and after having spoken to a an expert or two, I've concluded that all the panel meant by para 787 is that (1) there were two valid choices that could be made on the evidence: guilty or not guilty; (2) the panel thought that the more probable result at any trial would be not guilty; and (3) in the circumstances, since the ONLY routes open to the panel in light of the miscarriage finding was a new trial or the entry of an acquittal and since a new trial was inappropriate etc in the circumstances the correct procedure was to enter the acquittal.

A B.C. man convicted of drug and firearms offences based on seizure of evidence during a warrantless entry into his apartment has had his appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada allowed, his convictions set aside and acquittals entered.

Accordingly, in the words of s. 696.3 (3)(ii) of the Criminal Code, the appeal is allowed, the conviction for murder is set aside and an acquittal entered.

The Ontario Court of Appeal accepted this argument and the Appellant's convictions for Assault and Assault with a Weapon were overturned and an acquittal entered.

The Court of Appeal overturned the conviction and entered an acquittal.

-- break and enter: John Doe, [2007] B.C.J. B.C.J. No. 2111, 228 C.C.C. (3d) 302 (B.C.C.A.), acquittal set aside, new trial ordered; accused testified that he had been fasting in the woods for 60 days when he entered the house to be warm and to eat; the trial judge erred by not correctly applying the modified objective test to the first two components of the defence of necessity — the existence of an imminent peril or danger and the absence of any reasonable legal alternative, had to be assessed on a modified objective standard; the trial judge erred by failing to determine whether the accused's perception of his situation, and the absence of any lawful alternatives, had an objectively reasonable foundation; the verdict would not necessarily have been the same had the trial judge properly applied the law on the defence of necessity.

In 2011 — 15 years after Brant pleaded guilty — the Ontario Court of Appeal found that a miscarriage of justice had occurred and entered an acquittal.

The decision to enter a stay of proceedings, or to obtain an acquittal by adducing no evidence, was the subject of consideration by former Chief Justice Antonio Lamer in The Lamer Commission Of Inquiry Pertaining To The Cases Of: Ronald Dalton, Gregory Parsons, Randy Druken (2006of proceedings, or to obtain an acquittal by adducing no evidence, was the subject of consideration by former Chief Justice Antonio Lamer in The Lamer Commission Of Inquiry Pertaining To The Cases Of: Ronald Dalton, Gregory Parsons, Randy Druken (2006of consideration by former Chief Justice Antonio Lamer in The Lamer Commission Of Inquiry Pertaining To The Cases Of: Ronald Dalton, Gregory Parsons, Randy Druken (2006Of Inquiry Pertaining To The Cases Of: Ronald Dalton, Gregory Parsons, Randy Druken (2006Of: Ronald Dalton, Gregory Parsons, Randy Druken (2006).

The trial judge rejected this argument, but was overruled by the Court of Appeal, which excluded the Crown's evidence and entered an acquittal.

The Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench allowed the appeal, quashed the conviction and entered an acquittal.

Winmill can not be distinguished from this case on the basis that the charges in this case are different, or that the prosecution of the appellant ended with his entering into a peace bond rather than an acquittal.