The appellant appealed his convictions for cocaine trafficking.
He argued the trial judge erred in finding the police had reasonable and probable grounds for a warrantless arrest, in assessing identification evidence, and in admitting a police officer's opinion evidence regarding text messages and cocaine consumption.
The Court of Appeal found no error in the grounds for arrest or the identification evidence.
Although the Crown conceded the officer's opinion evidence was inadmissible, the Court applied the curative proviso, finding no substantial wrong or miscarriage of justice because the text messages and other testimony clearly established the appellant was supplying cocaine.
The appeal was dismissed.
