Supreme Court Judgments

Decision Information

R. v. Gillespie

Collection Supreme Court Judgments
Date 1988-12-14
Report [1988] 2 SCR 653
Case number 20617
Judges McIntyre, William Rogers; Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John
On appeal from British Columbia
Subjects Criminal law
Notes SCC Case Information: 20617

Decision Content

r. v. gillespie, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 653

 

Kenneth Wayne Gillespie                                                                 Appellant

 

v.

 

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

 

indexed as: r. v. gillespie

 

 

 

File No.: 20617.

 

1988: December 14.

 

Present: McIntyre, Lamer, Wilson, L'Heureux‑Dubé and Sopinka JJ.

 

on appeal from the court of appeal for british columbia

 

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Sexual assault ‑‑ Defence of honest but mistaken belief as to consent to sexual intercourse ‑‑ Failure of trial judge to direct jury to this defence ‑‑ Appeal dismissed.

 

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal from conviction by Cashman Co. Ct. J. Appeal dismissed.

 

                   Bruce Laughton, for the appellant.

 

                   Elizabeth Bennett, for the respondent.

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

 

1.                       McIntyre J.‑‑The appeal is dismissed.

 

2.                       Judgment accordingly.

 

           Solicitors for the appellant: Rankin & Company, Vancouver.

 

           Solicitor for the respondent: The Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia, Vancouver.

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