. . "Smithers v. The Queen"@en . "The actions of the accused must have been a contributing cause of death outside of the de minimis range to be convicted of manslaughter."@en . . "R. v. Smithers, [1978] 1 S.C.R. 506 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on determining criminal causation in an offence of manslaughter. The Court held that the Crown must show that the accused's acts were a \"contributing cause of death outside of the de minimis range.\" In practice, this test applied to all criminal offences requiring proof of causation."@en . . . "R. v. Smithers, [1978] 1 S.C.R. 506 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on determining criminal causation in an offence of manslaughter. The Court held that the Crown must show that the accused's acts were a \"contributing cause of death outside of the de minimis range.\" In practice, this test applied to all criminal offences requiring proof of causation."@en . . . "4195015"^^ . . "Smithers c. R. est un arr\u00EAt de principe de la Cour supr\u00EAme du Canada rendu en 1978 sur la d\u00E9termination du lien de causalit\u00E9 en droit p\u00E9nal dans une infraction criminelle d'homicide involontaire coupable."@fr . "Smithers c. R. est un arr\u00EAt de principe de la Cour supr\u00EAme du Canada rendu en 1978 sur la d\u00E9termination du lien de causalit\u00E9 en droit p\u00E9nal dans une infraction criminelle d'homicide involontaire coupable."@fr . . . . . "Smithers c. R."@fr . . . . . . . . "1977-05-17"^^ . . "--02-10"^^ . "1977"^^ . . . "4267"^^ . . . "Smithers v R"@en . "1056854786"^^ . "[1978] 1 S.C.R. 506"@en . . . "Paul Douglas Smithers v. Her Majesty The Queen"@en . "Appeal dismissed."@en . . "Dickson J."@en . .