Sex assault case highlights right to counsel
The Ontario Court of Appeal has issued a succinct review of an accused’s right to counsel in a decision involving a disturbing series of sexual assaults on developmentally handicapped persons.The Aug....
View ArticleHypothetical risk of conflict insufficient for removal: Nordheimer
Speculative risks of conflict are not enough to remove defence counsel, a Superior Court judge has ruled in a case the Crown argued could see the accused’s lawyer cross-examining another client of...
View ArticleOntario judge finds police tone deaf about right to counsel
An impaired driving-related conviction has been quashed by an Ontario Superior Court judge because a police officer concluded that responding “yeah yeah” in a flippant fashion, meant the accused had...
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