The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R. v. Wakefield on this date. The Supreme Court of Canada downgraded a second-degree murder conviction to manslaughter. The Court ruled that the appeals court overstepped by making its own factual findings. In relation to this, the original trial judge failed to properly prove the accused's subjective intent at the time of the stabbing. Supreme Court judgments are nationally significant because they clarify binding legal rules for all jurisdictions.
