The accused was tried before a judge alone on two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder arising from three closely timed shootings in northwest Toronto.
The Crown’s case depended primarily on circumstantial evidence linking the accused to a specific SIM card and phone number through cell site records, surveillance images, post-offence travel under a false identity, and attendance at a funeral of a known participant.
Applying the reasonable doubt standard, the D.W. framework, and Villaroman, the court held that the user of the relevant phone was one of the shooters and that the accused was that user.
The court further held that transferred intent under s. 229(b) supported liability for the death of an accomplice accidentally shot during the planned and deliberate murder of the intended victim.
Guilty verdicts were entered on all three counts.
