Citations 2008 SCC 25 Docket number 31,460 | Docket No. 31460 Ruling court Supreme Court of Canada | |
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Full case name Her Majesty The Queen v. DB Majority Abella J. (paras. 1-102), joined by McLachlin C.J. and Binnie, LeBel and Fish JJ. Dissent Rothstein J. (paras. 103-192), joined by Bastarache, Deschamps and Charron JJ. | ||
R v DB, 2008 SCC 25 is a constitutional law decision of the Supreme Court of Canada wherein a split Court held 5-4 that "presumptive offences" (offences where the offender is prosecuted as an adult) found in the Youth Criminal Justice Act is unconstitutional for violating Section Seven of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In its analysis, the majority found that it was a principle of fundamental justice that young people should be entitled to a presumption of diminished moral culpability.
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