What is the standard of review from a summary conviction appeal?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Janvier, 2006 ABQB 204 (CanLII):
The standard of review from a summary conviction appeal is correctness as to matters of law and overriding and palpable error as to matters of fact and matters of mixed law and fact: Housen v. Nikolaisen, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235, 2002 SCC 33. Decision of the Learned Trial Judge
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