Supreme Court

Decision Information

R v Jerome

Court Supreme Court
Date 1997-04-07
File numbers CR 03244
Judge(s) Richard
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Statutes considered:
Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c. C-46, s. 151
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Decision information:

Summary: Accused charged with sexually touching underage girl. Elected mode of trial by Judge and Jury, then re-elected to Judge alone. Waived holding of preliminary inquiry, committed to stand trial, and now wishes to re-elect mode of trial to trial by Judge and Jury. Court found Code provides accused only able to do so at this point with written consent of Crown. Crown not consenting. Accused claims not bound by earlier waiver and is unreasonable interference with his constitutional right to trial by jury of his peers. Court found accused's Charter application without merit.
Decision: Application denied
Subjects: Criminal law - Trial - Election by accused - Re-election

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