What are the findings of the jury in the trial of the former Queen of the South on 5 counts of sexual assault?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Nicholson, 1993 CanLII 757 (BC CA):
3 Guilty verdicts were returned by the jury on all five counts. However, convictions were recorded only on Counts 1, 3 and 5. A conditional stay of proceedings was entered on each of the other two counts in accordance with the principles first established in Kienapple v. The Queen, 1974 CanLII 14 (SCC), [1975] 1 S.C.R. 729. II
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