Supreme Court Judgments

Decision Information

Decision Content

R. v. Bablitz, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1005

 

Emma Nieto Bablitz                                                                           Appellant

 

v.

 

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

 

Indexed as:  R. v. Bablitz

 

File No.:  25239.

 

1997:  November 14.

 

Present:  L’Heureux‑Dubé, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Major JJ.

 

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

 

Criminal law -- Evidence -- First degree murder -- Planning and deliberation -- Court of Appeal not erring in upholding jury charge on evidence of planning and deliberation.

 

APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal, [1996] A.J. No. 215 (QL), dismissing the accused’s appeal from her conviction of first degree murder.  Appeal dismissed.

 

Richard A. Stroppel, Q.C., for the appellant.

 


Ken Tjosvold, for the respondent.

 

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

 

1                 L’Heureux-Dubé J. -- This is an appeal as of right.  On the sole issue before us, we are in agreement with the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal and, consequently, we would dismiss the appeal.  Accordingly, it is not necessary to deal with the Crown’s motion to quash.

 

Judgment accordingly.

 

Solicitors for the appellant:  Brimacombe, Stroppel, Finlayson, Edmonton.

 

Solicitor for the respondent:  The Attorney General for Alberta, Edmonton.

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.