Renaud c. R.

Decided: 2026-10-23. Docket: 500-10-008116-236. Citation: 2026 QCCA 1412 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Conviction appeal — Second-degree murder — Conviction appeal with narrow focus on juror discharge — Whether appellate intervention warranted given deference to trial judge — No error of law or principle, no misapprehension of material evidence, not plainly unreasonable — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Jury — Deliberations — Discharge of juror — Criminal Code, s. 644 — Whether the trial judge’s inquiry and discharge of a juror during deliberations was justified — Considerable flexibility in conducting inquiry and significant deference on appeal — Juror questioned and information gathered supported discharge — Appeal dismissed | Rights and freedoms — Fair trial — Jury delibera