Supreme Court of Canada Decision: R. v. Bouvette

The Supreme Court of Canada released the following decision on 2025-06-06. 

R. v. Bouvette, 2025 SCC 18 [link to case

Case in Brief

  • The Supreme Court concludes that a woman whose guilty plea to criminal negligence causing the death of a child in her care resulted from a miscarriage of justice must be acquitted.