R. v. D.B.

SCCInfoBox
case-name=R. v. D.B.
full-case-name=Her Majesty The Queen v. D.B.
heard-date=October 10, 2007
decided-date=May 16, 2008
citations=2008 SCC 25
SCC=2007-2008
docket=31460
Majority=Abella J. (paras. 1-102)
JoinMajority=McLachlin C.J. and Binnie, LeBel and Fish JJ.
Dissent=Rothstein J. (paras. 103-192)
JoinDissent=Bastarache, Deschamps and Charron JJ.

"R. v. D.B.", 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.

ee also

* List of Supreme Court of Canada cases

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