Supreme Court Judgments

R. v. Smith, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 635

Jimmy Joseph Smith    Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

Indexed as:   R. v. Smith

File No.:  23304.

1993:  October 6.

Present:  Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Theft ‑‑ Conversion ‑‑ Accused taking possession of goods after making down payment ‑‑ Accused knowing cheque for down payment would be dishonoured ‑‑ Whether person obtaining goods through fraudulent means liable to conviction for theft ‑‑ Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c. C‑46, s. 322 .

Statutes and Regulations Cited

Criminal Code , R.S.C., 1985, c. C‑46 , s. 322 .

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (1992), 77 C.C.C. (3d) 182, 59 O.A.C. 390, dismissing an appeal from conviction by Sheard Dist. Ct. J.  Appeal dismissed.

                   Samuel Willoughby and Randall J. Hofley, for the appellant.

                   Roger A. Pinnock, for the respondent.

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

                   Iacobucci J. ‑‑ This appeal comes to us as of right.  We agree, substantially for the reasons of Finlayson J.A. in the Ontario Court of Appeal, that the appellant was properly convicted of theft under s. 322  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C., 1985, c. C‑46 .

                   Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.

                   Judgment accordingly.

                   Solicitors for the appellant:  Roach, Schwartz & Associates, Toronto.

                   Solicitor for the respondent:  The Attorney General for Ontario, Toronto.