R V Latimer
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| Ruling court | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Ruling | Conviction and prison sentence upheld |
| Unanimous reasons by | The Court |
| Prior history | Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan |
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| ID | 2995995 |
About R V Latimer
R v Latimer, [2001] 1 SCR 3 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in the controversial case of Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer convicted of murdering his disabled daughter Tracy Latimer. The case had sparked an intense national debate as to the ethics of what was claimed as a mercy killing.
