R. v. Taugher
Leave to appeal was refused because the proposed appeal lacked merit and did not raise issues of significance to the general administration of justice; the request for costs was denied.
Source-derived case information.
- Citation
- 2017 ONCA 864
- Parties
- Appellant: Spencer Taugher; Respondent: Her Majesty the Queen
- Court
- Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Judgment Date
- 10 November 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Impaired Driving / Application for Leave to Appeal to Court of Appeal (leave Refused)
- Outcome
- Leave to appeal denied; request for costs denied.
- Legal Topics
- Leave to Appeal, Summary Conviction Appeal, Conviction Review
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Spencer Taugher
Appellant
Her Majesty the Queen
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Impaired Driving / Application for Leave to Appeal to Court of Appeal (leave Refused)
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether leave to appeal should be granted to challenge the impaired driving conviction
- 2 Whether the proposed appeal raises issues of significance to the general administration of justice
Ratio Decidendi
Leave to appeal was refused because the proposed appeal lacked merit and did not raise issues of significance to the general administration of justice; the request for costs was denied.
Court Disposition
Leave to appeal denied; request for costs denied.
Orders
- Leave to appeal refused.
- Request for costs denied.
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R. v. Taugher Collection Decisions of the Court of Appeal Date 2017-11-10 Neutral citation 2017 ONCA 864 Docket numbers C62794 Judges Simmons, Janet M.; van Rensburg, Katherine; Nordheimer, Ian V.B. Subject Criminal Decision Content COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO CITATION: R. v. Taugher, 2017 ONCA 864 DATE: 20171109 DOCKET: C62794 Simmons, van Rensburg and Nordheimer JJ.A. BETWEEN Her Majesty the Queen Respondent and Spencer Taugher Appellant Charles Shortt, for the appellant Rebecca Schwartz, for the respondent Heard: November 3, 2017 On appeal from the decision of the Summary Convictions Appeal Court dated August 17, 2016 by Justice Bruce Durno of the Superior Court of Justice, dismissing the appeal from the conviction entered on November 3, 2015 by Justice L.M. Baldwin of the Ontario Court of Justice. APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT [1] The appellant was convicted of impaired driving and his appeal to the Superior Court was dismissed. He seeks leave to appeal to this court. For the reasons expressed by Durno J., we see no merit in the proposed appeal. It follows that this case has no significance for the general administration of justice. The request for costs is denied.