 The Supreme Court ultimately overturned Latimer's conviction due to the Crown's improper actions at the jury selection stage.As a result, the decision was the first given by the Supreme Court in the Latimer case, the second being "R v Latimer" on cruel and unusual punishment under section 12 of the "Charter".Latimer, who had poisoned his 12-year-old quadriplegic daughter with carbon monoxide in 1993, became the target of the police's suspicion after Tracy's autopsy.