Guy Paul Morin
Overview
Guy Paul Morin is a Canadian
who was wrongly convicted of the October 1984 rape
and murder of his eight-year-old next-door neighbour, Christine Jessop of Queensville, Ontario
. DNA
testing led to a subsequent overturning of this verdict.
Morin was acquitted of murder at his first trial in 1986. The Crown
exercised its right to appeal the verdict
on the grounds that the trial judge made a fundamental error prejudicing the Crown's right to a fair trial.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who was wrongly convicted of the October 1984 rape
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
and murder of his eight-year-old next-door neighbour, Christine Jessop of Queensville, Ontario
Queensville, Ontario
Queensville is a village within the Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.Among the private homes, the village proper contains the Queensville Cemetery, a post office, a United Church of Canada, and a complex containing a fire hall, a community centre, a public park with softball diamond,...
. DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
testing led to a subsequent overturning of this verdict.
Morin was acquitted of murder at his first trial in 1986. The Crown
Crown attorney
Crown Attorneys or Crown Counsel are the prosecutors in the legal system of Canada.Crown Attorneys represent the Crown and act as prosecutor in proceedings under the Criminal Code of Canada...
exercised its right to appeal the verdict
Verdict
In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge. The term, from the Latin veredictum, literally means "to say the truth" and is derived from Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman: a compound of ver and dit In law, a verdict...
on the grounds that the trial judge made a fundamental error prejudicing the Crown's right to a fair trial.
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