During a trial for first degree murder, the accused applied for directed verdicts of acquittal at the close of the Crown's case.
The Crown's case relied entirely on circumstantial evidence, including cell tower data and security video, to place the accused at the scene of the shooting or assisting the shooters.
The court dismissed the directed verdict applications, finding sufficient evidence for a properly instructed jury to convict.
The court also ruled on several jury charge issues, declining to instruct the jury on co-principal liability, abetting, or the common unlawful purpose doctrine for second degree murder, and opting to provide an expanded instruction on circumstantial evidence.
