What is the test for summary conviction in a criminal case?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Guillemette v. The Queen, [1986] 1 SCR 356, 1986 CanLII 59 (SCC):
14. The decision of this Court in Rickard v. The Queen, 1970 CanLII 20 (SCC), [1970] S.C.R. 1022, is an application of this principle. Although that judgment was rendered in connection with a summary conviction, the fundamental principles on which it was based apply equally to indictable offences.
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