The court granted two DNA warrant applications under s. 487 of the Criminal Code in relation to charges of aggravated assault.
While the warrants were issued, the judge provided an endorsement identifying significant deficiencies in the application materials and procedures, including poor formatting, redundancy, spelling errors, lack of paragraph numbering, missing conditions in draft warrants, and inadequate Crown review.
The judge used the decision as a teaching opportunity to address systemic issues in warrant applications.
