Is there any case law where there was no evidence which proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Cormier, 1986 CanLII 1178 (BC CA):
Counsel for the appellant argues before us that there was no evidence which proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Neither Ungaro v. The King (1950), 1950 CanLII 23 (SCC), 96 C.C.C. 245, [1950] 2 D.L.R. 593, [1950] S.C.R. 430, nor Harper v. The Queen, (1982), 1982 CanLII 11 (SCC), 65 C.C.C. (2d) 193, 133 D.L.R. (3d) 546, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 2, vests in this court, where an appeal is on a question of law alone, the duty to reconsider evidence and decide whether there is a reasonable doubt. Both courts below concluded that the returns were false. I see no reason to disagree, nor any reason to think that the case was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
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