Letter re: Alberta Court of Appeal’s Ruling in R v Barton
To Members of the Criminal Trial Lawyers Association: Update: Sept. 9, 2017 As some of you know, on June 30, 2017 the Court of Appeal released a 91 page judgment in R. v. Barton overturning a jury acquittal of Bradley Barton on a charge of first degree murder in the death of Cindy Gladue. I am […]
New Trial Ordered for Bradley Barton by the Alberta Court of Appeal
On Friday, June 30, 2017 the Alberta Court of Appeal published their decision in R v Barton. A panel of 3 Court of Appeal judges led by Chief Justice Catherine Fraser unanimously ruled that the jury acquittal of Bradley Barton should be overturned, and that matter should go back for a new trial on a charge of 1st Degree Murder.
Sexual touching conviction set aside/ Driver’s rights breached, court confirms
Alberta’s highest court has ruled it was inconsistent of a jury to convict a man of sexual touching of a person under 16 years old after acquitting him of sexual assault.