R v Lightfoot

Decided: 2026-10-08. Docket: CACR3994. Citation: 2026 SKCA 112 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Robbery — Appeal — Identification as only issue at trial — Conviction based on entirely circumstantial case — Whether circumstantial evidence could support inference other than guilt — Crown proof beyond a reasonable doubt assessed in light of tracking evidence centrality — Conviction quashed and new trial directed | Evidence — Expert evidence — Misapprehension of evidence — Whether trial judge misapprehended reliability limits of dog-handler opinion — Failure to consider discrepancies and other testimony bearing on track — Morrissey, Lohrer standard for material misapprehension and miscarriage of justice applied — Misapprehension found material to reasoning process — Appeal allowed |