The appellant appealed his convictions for firearm offences, arguing that the warrantless search of his vehicle's trunk violated his s. 8 Charter rights.
The police stopped the vehicle, and after the driver failed a roadside screening test, the vehicle was to be towed.
The appellant's nervous demeanor and dissociation from the vehicle led police to search the trunk, where they found a handgun.
The Court of Appeal assumed a s. 8 breach but applied the Grant framework, concluding that the firearm was admissible under s. 24(2) of the Charter due to the officers' good faith, the reduced expectation of privacy in an impounded vehicle, and society's interest in adjudicating serious gun offences.
