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Criminal law [1979] 2 SCR 1041

Morris v. The Queen

Appeal from a murder conviction raised voir dire, accomplice-warning, and intoxication issues. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, with four judges dissenting.

  • Murder
  • Confessions and admissions
  • Voir dire
  • Accomplice
  • Accessory after the fact
  • Intoxication as defence
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Criminal law [1978] 1 SCR 264

Paradis v. The Queen

The Supreme Court of Canada restored an acquittal for attempted murder, holding the jury could not sensibly treat a witness as an accessory after the fact without also treating him as an accomplice.

  • Accomplice
  • Accessory after the fact
  • Corroboration
  • Jury instructions
  • Attempted murder
  • Acquittal
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Criminal law [1947] SCR 90

MacDonald v. The King

Criminal appeal on accomplice corroboration and jury instruction; the Court held the evidence could corroborate accomplices and affirmed the conviction.

  • Accomplice
  • Corroboration
  • Jury charge
  • Misdirection
  • Miscarriage of justice
  • Reading of appellate opinion to jury
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