S. Senra

The applicant, charged with drug and weapons offences, brought an application for standing to challenge the execution of search warrants at two properties and warrantless searches of common areas and via covert camera surveillance.

The court applied the Edwards test and found the applicant had no reasonable expectation of territorial privacy in either the 'trap house' or the 'safehouse', as he was not a tenant, had minimal connection to the properties, and lacked control over the spaces.

The court also found no reasonable expectation of informational privacy regarding the camera surveillance of a public area.

The application for standing was dismissed.

The accused applied for a stay of proceedings, arguing his right to be tried within a reasonable time under section 11(b) of the Charter was violated.

The court found that the accused's change of counsel and his delay in re-electing or waiving his preliminary inquiry constituted defence delay.

Deducting this defence delay from the total delay brought the net delay below the 30-month presumptive ceiling established in Jordan.

The application for a stay of proceedings was dismissed.