The court ruled on a pre-trial motion regarding the qualification of an expert witness, Ms. Donna Lee, who testified regarding intellectual disabilities and communication issues.
The Crown sought to have the witness qualified as an expert, while the defence challenged her qualifications.
The court applied the four-part test from R. v. Mohan to determine admissibility of expert evidence: relevance, necessity, absence of exclusionary rules, and proper qualification of the expert.
The court found that the witness met all four criteria and allowed her to be qualified as an expert.
