What is the standard of review in an appeal of a summary conviction?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v Heltman, 2018 BCSC 2385 (CanLII):

The standard of review in an appeal of the summary conviction was described by Mr. Justice Romilly in Her Majesty the Queen v. Pomeroy, 2007 BCSC 142, starting at para. 25:

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