On a reading of the jury instructions and the trial judge's answer to the jury's questions as a whole, the jury was accurately instructed, wrote Justice Mary Moreau for the majority opinion.
The trial judge's instructions on the causation element did not properly equip the jury to decide the case according to the law, Justice Mahmud Jamal in dissent.
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