The accused was charged with conspiracy to traffic in marijuana between November 15, 2010 and March 7, 2011.
The Crown's case relied primarily on wiretap intercepts of the accused's phone conversations with an alleged drug trafficker, combined with surveillance evidence.
The central issues were whether the accused was the party to the intercepted conversations and whether the evidence established a conspiracy to traffic in marijuana.
The court found that the accused was indeed a party to the conversations and that the evidence established a conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt.
The court rejected the proposition that mere knowledge by a seller that a buyer intends to resell is sufficient for conspiracy; rather, the Crown must prove an agreement to pursue a mutual criminal objective.
The court found that the accused agreed to supply marijuana on an ongoing basis as part of the alleged trafficker's distribution scheme.
