No Interlocutory Appeals in Criminal Matters
There is no right of
appeal in criminal matters save as provided by statute. The Criminal Code does
not provide for interlocutory appeals.
See
e.g., R. v. Lehoux, 2006 BCCA 18, leave to appeal ref’d [2006] 1 S.C.R.
xi; R. v. Pal, 2007 BCCA 428, 246 B.C.A.C. 83; R. v. Anderson, 2017 BCCA 153.
Criminal Code
Section
674
No proceedings other than those authorized by this Part and
Part XXVI shall be taken by way of appeal in proceedings in respect of
indictable offences.
In R. v. Mills,
1986 CanLII 17
(SCC), [1986]
1 S.C.R. 863, 26 C.C.C. (3d) 481, the Supreme Court of
Canada said:
It has long been a settled principle that all
criminal appeals are statutory and that there should be no interlocutory
appeals in criminal matters. This principle has been reinforced in our Criminal
Code, prohibiting procedures on appeal beyond those authorised in the Code.
It will be observed that interlocutory appeals are not authorized in the Code.
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