Supreme Court Judgments

R. v. Szlovak, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1114

Leslie Steven Szlovak Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen                                                                   Respondent

Indexed as:  R. v. Szlovak

File No.:  21464.

1989:  November 28.

Present:  Dickson C.J. and Lamer, Wilson, La Forest, L'Heureux‑Dubé, Cory and McLachlin JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

                   Constitutional law ‑‑ Charter of Rights  ‑‑ Admissibility of evidence ‑‑ Bringing administration of justice into disrepute ‑‑ Robbery ‑‑ Trial judge excluding from evidence the money seized from the accused and the statement made by him to the police ‑‑ Whether trial judge erred in excluding the evidence ‑‑ Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 24 .

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (1989), 96 A.R. 73, setting aside the accused's acquittal on a charge of robbery and ordering a new trial.  Appeal dismissed.

                   Terence C. Semenuk, for the appellant.

                   Lindsay MacDonald, for the respondent.

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

                   The Chief Justice ‑‑ This is an appeal as of right.  We are not persuaded that there was error on the part of the Albert Court of Appeal.  The appeal is accordingly dismissed.

                   Judgment accordingly.

                   Solicitors for the appellant:  Singleton Urquhart MacDonald, Calgary.

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