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Sentencing decision for fentanyl trafficking: the court imposed two years plus one day in prison, plus a 10-year firearms prohibition, and declined a DNA order.
The preliminary inquiry justice's refusal to allow the proposed examinations was an evidentiary ruling within his jurisdiction; the two proposed witnesses were properly characterized as subâaffiants despite not being police officers, and the justice reasonably found that denying the examinations would not impair the appellants' right to make full answer and defence, therefore the committal stands and the appeal is dismissed.
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The court allowed cross-examination on the accusedâs prior convictions, finding the record relevant to credibility and not so prejudicial as to require exclusion or editing.
British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld convictions for use of a forged document and attempted fraud, finding brief courtroom exclusions caused no prejudice.
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