The young person was charged with multiple firearms offences after police stopped a vehicle in which he was a passenger and located a loaded handgun on his person.
The trial proceeded as a blended voir-dire and trial, with the young person bringing a Charter application alleging arbitrary detention, unreasonable search, and racial profiling.
The court found that the arresting officers had reasonable and probable grounds to stop the vehicle and arrest the occupants based on information relayed by Montreal Police regarding an armed suspect.
The court dismissed the Charter application, finding no evidence of racial profiling and no breaches of the young person's Charter rights.
