The appellant appealed convictions entered after guilty pleas to three counts of first degree murder and sought to withdraw those pleas.
He advanced a fresh evidence application alleging the pleas were not voluntary and that he had been deprived of effective assistance of counsel, and also sought to adduce evidence from an unrelated matter involving the same defence counsel.
The court held that the record did not support involuntariness or ineffective assistance, and that the pleas were voluntary, unequivocal, and informed.
The proposed collateral affidavits from the unrelated matter were found to have no probative value.
The fresh evidence application and the appeal were dismissed.
