SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
| Citation: R. v. Murphy, 2013 SCC 21, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 178
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Date: 20130416 Docket: 34980 |
Between:
Matthew James Murphy
Appellant
and
Her Majesty The Queen
Respondent
Coram: LeBel, Fish, Rothstein, Cromwell and Moldaver JJ.
| Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1)
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LeBel J. (Fish, Rothstein, Cromwell and Moldaver JJ. concurring) |
R. v. Murphy, 2013 SCC 21, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 178
Matthew James Murphy Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Murphy
2013 SCC 21
File No.: 34980.
2013: April 16.
Present: LeBel, Fish, Rothstein, Cromwell and Moldaver JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for nova scotia
Criminal law — Reasonable verdicts — Accused convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder — Sufficient evidence to support trial judge’s conclusions — Verdicts entered by trial judge reasonable.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (MacDonald C.J.N.S. and Saunders and Beveridge JJ.A.), 2012 NSCA 92, 320 N.S.R. (2d) 355, 291 C.C.C. (3d) 471, [2012] N.S.J. No. 472 (QL), 2012 CarswellNS 641, upholding the accused’s convictions for conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. Appeal dismissed.
Roger A. Burrill, for the appellant.
William D. Delaney, Q.C., and Timothy S. O’Leary, for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
[1] LeBel J. — We all agree with the majority of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal that the verdict was not unreasonable. The appeal is dismissed.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitor for the appellant: Nova Scotia Legal Aid, Halifax.
Solicitor for the respondent: Public Prosecution Service of Nova Scotia, Halifax.