The Crown brought an application during a first-degree murder trial to determine the voluntariness of two statements made by the accused to police.
The first statement was made to patrol officers investigating a trespass complaint prior to the murder, and the second was a six-hour interview following the accused's arrest by a tactical unit.
The court applied the Oickle framework and found no evidence of inducements, oppression, lack of an operating mind, or police trickery.
Both statements were ruled voluntary, with the first admissible in the Crown's case in chief and the second admissible for cross-examination.
