The court heard four preliminary motions in a criminal case for attempted murder: one from the Crown and three from the defence.
The Crown sought permission for certain witnesses to testify via videoconference.
The defence sought disclosure of internal prosecution communications, a stay of proceedings due to unreasonable delay under section 11(b) of the Charter (Jordan), and exclusion of GPS data evidence under section 8 of the Charter.
The court partially granted the Crown's request for videoconference testimony, requiring Laval police officers to testify in person due to credibility concerns.
All three defence motions were dismissed, as the court found no abuse of process, no unreasonable delay under Jordan (considering the defence's lack of sustained effort to accelerate proceedings and the case's complexity), and no violation of privacy rights regarding the GPS data from the abandoned/stolen vehicle.
