What is the "oblique motive" of a Crown Prosecution Service officer in the context of Crown duties?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Meikle, 2003 BCPC 162 (CanLII):

As to "oblique motive", the same argument was addressed by me in the dispositive decision in Regina v. Dick [2003] B.C.P.C. 0013 at paragraphs 42 and following, where the defendant had similarly relied on the characterization of Crown duties set out in the well known case of R. v. Boucher 1954 CanLII 3 (SCC), [1955] S.C.R. 16.

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