Retired Quebec Judge Jacques Delisle, Who Pleaded Guilty in Wife’s Death, Dies at 89

Former Quebec Court of Appeal judge Jacques Delisle, centre, walks to the courtroom at the Hall of Justice in Quebec City, on March 14, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Jacques Delisle, a retired Quebec judge who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his wife’s shooting death, has died at age 89.

The Court of Appeal of Quebec issued a statement Monday confirming the death of Delisle, who had presided on the province’s highest court from 1992 until he retired in 2009.