R v Turpin

R v Turpin
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: June 16, 1988 Judgment: May 4, 1989
Full case name	Sharon Turpin and Latif Siddiqui v Her Majesty The Queen
Citations	[1989] 1 S.C.R. 1296
Ruling	Accused appeal dismissed
Court membership
Chief Justice: Brian Dickson Puisne Justices: Jean Beetz, William McIntyre, Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson, Gerald Le Dain, Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka
Reasons given
Unanimous reasons by	Wilson J.
Le Dain, McIntyre and Sopinka JJ. took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

R v Turpin, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1296 is a constitutional case of the Supreme Court of Canada on the right to trial by jury. The Court held that the requirement for a murder trial to be conducted in front of a judge and jury did not violate the right to trial by jury under s 11(f) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, nor the equality guarantee under s 15 of the Charter.