In a criminal appeal involving Charter search and seizure and arbitrary detention issues, the appellant challenged convictions arising from a traffic stop, seizure of a knife, and a search incidental to arrest that revealed cocaine.
The majority accepted the lower appellate reasoning that the visual inspection did not amount to an unlawful search, that seizure of the knife was justified, and that arrest and subsequent search were lawful.
A dissent would have allowed the appeal on the alternative appellate reasoning.
The appeal was dismissed and the convictions were upheld.
