The accused, charged with first-degree murder, sought disclosure of the contents of cell phones seized from the victims' vehicle.
The Crown had categorized the contents and withheld certain materials as clearly irrelevant.
The trial judge declined to personally review the voluminous digital materials, holding that where the defence articulates an issue to which a category of materials might be relevant, the Crown fails to discharge its burden of proving clear irrelevance.
The court ordered the disclosure of most disputed categories, limited to the four-week period authorized by the search warrants.
