R. v. Peters
Because the convictions depended almost exclusively on inadmissible evidence and the Crown conceded the verdicts were unreasonable, the Court allowed the appeal, set aside the convictions and entered acquittals.
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- Citation
- 2022 ONCA 794
- Parties
- Respondent: His Majesty the King; Appellant: Antoine Peters
- Court
- Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Judgment Date
- 17 November 2022
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Appeal From Convictions and Sentence to Court of Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal allowed; convictions set aside and acquittals entered.
- Legal Topics
- Unreasonable Verdict, Admissibility of Evidence, Crown Concession, Acquittal on Appeal
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
His Majesty the King
Respondent
Antoine Peters
Appellant
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Appeal From Convictions and Sentence to Court of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the verdicts were unreasonable
- 2 Whether inadmissible evidence gave rise to the convictions
- 3 Whether convictions should be set aside and acquittals entered on appeal
Ratio Decidendi
Because the convictions depended almost exclusively on inadmissible evidence and the Crown conceded the verdicts were unreasonable, the Court allowed the appeal, set aside the convictions and entered acquittals.
Court Disposition
Appeal allowed; convictions set aside and acquittals entered.
Orders
- Convictions set aside
- Acquittals entered
Full Case Text
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R. v. Peters Collection Decisions of the Court of Appeal Date 2022-11-17 Neutral citation 2022 ONCA 794 Docket numbers C68950 Judges Fairburn, J. Michal; Huscroft, Grant; Coroza, Steve A. Subject Criminal Decision Content COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO CITATION: R. v. Peters, 2022 ONCA 794 DATE: 20221117 DOCKET: C68950 Fairburn A.C.J.O., Huscroft and Coroza JJ.A. BETWEEN His Majesty the King Respondent and Antoine Peters Appellant Owen Goddard and Kenneth Jim, for the appellant Katie Beaudoin, for the respondent Heard and released orally: November 15, 2022 On appeal from the convictions entered by Justice Chantal M. Brochu of the Ontario Court of Justice on November 22, 2019, and from the sentence imposed on June 17, 2020. REASONS FOR DECISION [1] The Crown concedes the conviction appeal on the basis that the verdicts are unreasonable. The Crown’s concession is based on the acknowledgment that inadmissible evidence gave rise to the convictions. The Crown concedes that the verdicts depended almost exclusively on that evidence and therefore asks this court to set aside the convictions and enter acquittals. [2] In the highly unusual circumstances of this case, we are prepared to accept the Crown’s concession. The appeal is allowed. The convictions are set aside and acquittals are entered. “Fairburn A.C.J.O.” “Grant Huscroft J.A.” “S. Coroza J.A.”