Courts Martial
Decision Information
Date of commencement of the trial: 4 January 2010
Location: CFB Esquimalt, Building 30-N, 2nd floor, Victoria, BC
Charges
•Charge 1: S. 130 NDA, assault (s. 266 CCC).
Results
•FINDING: Charge 1: Not guilty
Note:
Under subsection 192(2) of the National Defence Act, panel members of a General Court Martial are required to provide the applicable findings to the case exclusively. Accordingly, court martial members do not provide any reasons for their findings.
Decision Content
Citation: R. v. Ex-Leading Seaman C.W. Johnston, 2010 CM 2001
Docket: 200931
GENERAL COURT MARTIAL
CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
CANADIAN FORCES BASE ESQUIMALT
Date: 7 January 2010
PRESIDING: COMMANDER P.J. LAMONT, M.J.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
v.
EX-LEADING SEAMAN C.W. JOHNSTON
(Accused)
FINDING
(Rendered Orally)
The panel of the General Court Martial of Ex-Leading Seaman Johnston, held at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, British Columbia, on 7 January 2010, returned a finding of not guilty to the first and only charge on the charge sheet.