What is the test for committal on a preliminary inquiry?
Yukon, Canada
The following excerpt is from Knol v. Tamarack Inc., 2013 YKSC 27 (CanLII):
The test for a committal on a preliminary inquiry is whether or not there is “any evidence” upon which a reasonable jury properly instructed could return a verdict of guilty: United States of America v. Shephard, 1976 CanLII 8 (SCC), [1977] 2 S.C.R. 1067, at p. 1080.
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