R v Simpson

Decided: 2026-09-16. Docket: CA50399. Citation: 2026 BCCA 379 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Appeal — Second degree murder — Judge-alone trial conviction challenged — Whether trial was unfair due to confrontation rule in cross-examination — Credibility assessment of accused’s account of consensual choking and claimed intoxication — Trial judge’s finding of intent beyond a reasonable doubt upheld — Appeal dismissed | Evidence — Cross-examination — Browne v Dunn — Confrontation principle and impeachment — Did trial fairness require the Crown to put its intoxication theory directly — R v Lyttle, Browne v Dunn, R v Quansah considered — Credibility challenge not required to include formulaic allegation of lying — Rule not engaged — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Trial fairness — Re