Does a judgment quashing an indictment on the grounds that the counts were nullities, since the offences prescribed, are considered acquittal?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Jewitt, [1985] 2 SCR 128, 1985 CanLII 47 (SCC):
30. In Lattoni and Corbo v. The Queen, 1958 CanLII 60 (SCC), [1958] S.C.R. 603, a judgment quashing an indictment on the ground that the counts were nullities, since the offences were prescribed, was considered an acquittal.
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