R v Zora
| R v Zora | |
|---|---|
| Hearing: December 4, 2019 Judgment: June 18, 2020 | |
| Full case name | Her Majesty the Queen v Chaycen Michael Zora |
| Citations | 2020 SCC 14 |
| Docket No. | 38540 |
| Prior history | Judgment for the Crown in the British Columbia Court of Appeal |
| Ruling | Appeal allowed |
| Holding | |
| Section 145(3) of the Criminal Code requires subjective mens rea | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice | Richard Wagner |
| Puisne Justices | Rosalie Abella, Michael Moldaver, Andromache Karakatsanis, Suzanne Côté, Russell Brown, Malcolm Rowe, Sheilah Martin, Nicholas Kasirer |
| Reasons given | |
| Unanimous reasons by | Martin J |
| Laws applied | |
| Criminal Code s 145(3) [now ss 145(4) and 145(5)] | |
R v Zora, 2020 SCC 14 is a case in which the Supreme Court of Canada held unanimously that the offence of breaching bail conditions under the Criminal Code requires subjective mens rea.