Date: 19980428

Docket: A-628-97

CORAM:      STRAYER, J.A.

         DESJARDINS, J.A.

         MCDONALD, J.A.

BETWEEN:

     DORIS MERRILL NELSON

     Appellant

     - and -

     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Respondent

Heard at Vancouver, British Columbia, April 27, 1998

Judgment delivered at Vancouver, British Columbia, April 27, 1998

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      MCDONALD, J.A.

Date: 19980428

Docket: A-628-97

CORAM:      STRAYER, J.A.

         DESJARDINS, J.A.

         MCDONALD, J.A.

BETWEEN:

     DORIS MERRILL NELSON

     Appellant

     - and -

     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

     (Delivered orally from the Bench at

     Vancouver, B.C. on April 27, 1998)

MCDONALD, J.A.

[1]      We are all of the view that the appellant has not persuaded us that the trial Judge made any palpable or overriding error in the decision that was rendered in this case. The appeal will be dismissed with costs.

                             (Sgd.) "Francis Joseph McDonald"

                                 J.A.

Vancouver, British Columbia

April 28, 1998

     FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

Date: 19980428

Docket: A-628-97

BETWEEN:

     DORIS MERRILL NELSON

     Appellant

     - and -

     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Respondent

    

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

    

     FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

     NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DATED:                  April 28, 1998

COURT NO.:             A-628-97

STYLE OF CAUSE:          DORIS MERRILL NELSON

                     v.

                     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

PLACE OF HEARING:          Vancouver, BC

DATE OF HEARING:          April 27, 1998

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: MCDONALD, J.A.

CONCURRED IN BY:          STRAYER, J.A.

                     DESJARDINS, J.A.

APPEARANCES:

     Mr. D.W. Welder          for Appellant

     Mr. Greg Franklin

     Mr. Robert Carvalho      for Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

     D.W. Welder

     Barrister & Solicitor

     Kelowna, BC          for Appellant

     George Thomson          for Respondent

     Deputy Attorney General

     of Canada