Randy Leigh Roy

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Charge:	Driving Related
Sentence:	12 month conditional sentence
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	British Columbia
City of Crime:	Kamloops
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Randy Leigh Roy was wrongly convicted in 2006 in Kamloops, British Columbia of dangerous driving causing death related to a collision between his motor home and a tractor-trailer in November 2004. The crash occurred on a foggy highway and killed his passenger. After his conviction he was given a 12 month conditional sentence. The Court of Appeals dismissed his appeal, but Canada's Supreme Court granted him leave to appeal. On June 1, 2012 the Supreme Court set aside Roy's conviction and ordered his acquittal. The Court ruled, "The record here discloses a single and momentary error in judgment with tragic consequences. It does not support a reasonable inference that the appellant displayed a marked departure from the standard of care expected of a reasonable person in the same circumstances so as to justify conviction for the serious criminal offence of dangerous driving causing death." Consequently, the Court ordered Roy's acquittal instead of a remanding his case for a retrial. See, R. v. Roy, 2012 SCC 26 (June 1, 2012)."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge erroneously ruled as to what constitutes the essential elements of dangerous driving that the prosecution had to prove.
Innocence Proved By:	"On June 1, 2012 Canada's Supreme Court set aside Roy's conviction and ordered his acquittal."
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Sex:	Male
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Randy Leigh Roy

Charge:

Driving Related

Sentence:

12 month conditional sentence

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

British Columbia

City of Crime:

Kamloops

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge erroneously ruled as to what constitutes the essential elements of dangerous driving that the prosecution had to prove.

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 1, 2012 Canada's Supreme Court set aside Roy's conviction and ordered his acquittal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"R. v. Roy, 2012 SCC 26 (June 1, 2012)"

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http://scc.lexum.org/en/2012/2012scc26/2012scc26.html

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