The appellant appealed his conviction for drug trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking.
The trial judge found that police had reasonable grounds to arrest the appellant following observation of a suspected drug transaction.
Although the trial judge found a breach of s. 8 of the Charter regarding a warrantless entry into the appellant's apartment, she held that a subsequent search warrant was validly issued and declined to exclude the evidence under s. 24(2).
The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction, finding no errors in the trial judge's analysis of reasonable grounds for arrest, reasonable expectation of privacy, the validity of the search warrant, or the s. 24(2) analysis.
