 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.Sharon Turpin and Latif Siddiqui were tried for first degree murder in Ontario.The "Criminal Code" at that time required that all murder cases were to be tried in front of a judge and jury.