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R. v. Johnson

Court Court of Appeal
Date 2005-08-23
Citation 2005 NSCA 117
Docket CAC 233676
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator Roscoe, Elizabeth A. (Honourable Justice) (CA); MacDonald, J. Michael (Honourable Chief Justice) (CA); Hamilton, M. Jill (Honourable Justice)
Document Type Library Sheet
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                                NOVA SCOTIA COURT OF APPEAL

                                Citation: R. v. Johnson, 2005 NSCA 117

                                                                                                     Date: 20050823

                                                                                             Docket: CAC 233676

                                                                                                   Registry:  Halifax

 

Between:

                                           Lawrence Michael Johnson

                                                                                                               Appellant

                                                             v.

 

                                              Her Majesty the Queen

                                                                                                            Respondent

 

 

Judge:                   The Honourable Chief Justice MacDonald

 

Appeal Heard:      June 9, 2005

 

Subject:           criminal law, robbery, identity of accused, frailties of eye-witness identification

 

Summary:        The appellant was convicted of robbery related charges by a Supreme Court judge with jury. Identity was the only issue at trial.  The appellant sought either an acquittal or a new trial, asserting that the verdicts were either unreasonable or resulted from legal error.

 

Issue:               1.  Were the verdicts unreasonable?

2.  Were the verdicts the product of legal error?

 

Result:             Appeal dismissed.  The court considered several alleged errors in law regarding the judge’s handling of the evidence and instructions to the jury. The court concluded that the judge committed no such errors in law.  Furthermore the verdicts were not unreasonable and could be supported by the evidence.

 

 

 

 

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