What is the law regarding the consideration of a verdict?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Regina v. Pozderec, 2003 BCSC 1628 (CanLII):
The law regarding the consideration of a trial verdict is to be found in Regina v. Yebes, (1987), 1987 CanLII 17 (SCC), 43 D.L.R. (4th) 424, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 168 at paragraph 25 where McIntyre J. held: While the court of appeal must not merely substitute its view for that of the jury, in order to apply the test the court must re-examine and to some extent reweigh and consider the effect of the evidence.
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