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Cite as: R. v. Myra, 1997 NSCA 206

 

BARRY ERNEST MYRA                                                           HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                                                                        - and -

(Appellant)                                                                                                                (Respondent)

 

C.A.C.  No. 140139                               Halifax, N.S.                                      FREEMAN, J.A.

                                                                                                                             (orally)

 

 

 

APPEAL HEARD:                                        November 25, 1997

 

JUDGMENT DELIVERED:             November 25, 1997

 

WRITTEN RELEASE OF ORAL:               November 28, 1997

 

 

 

SUBJECT:           Criminal Law, dangerous driving, summary conviction appeals.

 

SUMMARY:        The appellant, who pursued his girlfriend with a motor vehicle on a highway, appeals from a summary conviction appeal court decision upholding his conviction for dangerous driving contrary to s. 249(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, alleging that both the summary conviction appeal court and the trial court erred at law in applying the wrong test and in determining the driving was dangerous. Appeals from decisions of summary conviction appeal courts much be on a question of law alone and require leave.

 

ISSUES:              Should leave to appeal be granted?

 

RESULT: Leave to appeal denied. A careful review of the record did not disclose

Error by either court.

 

 

 

 

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