In a first-degree murder prosecution, the Crown and defence brought pretrial applications regarding the admissibility of evidence.
The Crown sought to admit recognition evidence from the accused's probation officer identifying him in surveillance videos.
The defence sought to admit evidence of the deceased's prior violent acts and threats to support a claim of self-defence.
The court admitted the recognition evidence, finding it met the threshold for reliability.
The court also permitted the defence to introduce evidence of prior altercations involving the deceased, but excluded hearsay evidence regarding the deceased allegedly stating he was going to get a gun.
Finally, the court ruled that introducing evidence of the deceased's violent nature opened the door for the Crown to introduce evidence of the accused's propensity for violence.
