 R v Latimer (1997)

R v Latimer, [1997] 1 SCR 217, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in the controversial case of Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer convicted of murdering his disabled daughter Tracy.The case involved consideration of arbitrary detention under section 9 of the "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" and rights to an explanation for detention and rights to counsel under section 10.