More Articles... 'DRUG CULTURE' - R. v. Aitken, Daniel Christopher Miles Aitken; Victoria, convicted by a jury of the first degree murder of Adan Merino, COURT OF APPEAL FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA R. v. Aitken, Oral Ruling on Voir Dire #7 Admissibility of Evidence of Ms. Kim R. v. Aitken, Oral Ruling on Voir Dire #3 R. v. Aitken, Oral Ruling on Application #2; two counts of first degree murder. R. v. Aitken, Oral Ruling on Accused's Application for Severance R. v. Aitken, Voir Dire #4 – Expert Evidence Reasons for Judgment R. v. Aitken, Continuation of Voir Dire #1 Audio Intercepts; R. v. Aitken, Voir Dire #5 - Exhibits; accused objects to the admission into evidence of many of these items, not on constitutional grounds, but because their prejudicial effect outweighs their probative value.; R. v. Aitken, application of the accused for disclosure of the unredacted documents During the disclosure process, Crown inadvertently disclosed 44 documents, parts of which Crown maintains were the subject of solicitor/client privilege. R. v. Aitken, body of Alexander McLean; Adan Merino (“Merino”) was found with multiple gun shot wounds; Marilyn Neill was reported missing; admissibility of evidence obtained through seven wiretap authorizations. R. v. Aitken, The main issue at trial, I am told, will be identification of the accused as the killer of Mr. Alexander McLean and Adan Merino. application for a voir dire on the wiretap evidence, R. v. Aitken, accused submitted that the authorizations were deficient, the accused’s rights have been breached, and the intercept evidence obtained thereby is inadmissible R. v. Aitken, I am satisfied that the interests of justice are best served by severing the two counts of murder and trying them by separate indictment. R. v. Aitken, This voir dire is the third in a series of pre-trial voir dire and applications. It concerns the admissibility of a statement made by the accused on June 23, 2006 R. v. Aitken, Crown inadvertently disclosed 44 documents, parts of which Crown maintains were the subject of solicitor/client privilege R. v. Aitken, Voir Dire #4 – Expert Evidence Reasons for Judgment R. v. Aitken, Continuation of Voir Dire #1 Audio Intercepts R. v. Aitken, I have concluded that there are sufficient factors arising from the circumstances in which the statements were made to meet the onus on the Crown to prove threshold reliability R. v. Aitken, Reasons for Judgment on Voir Dire No. 1 and 2 – Audio Intercepts and Exhibits R. v. Aitken, on Voir Dire No. 11 Reasons for Judgment R. v. Aitken, Reasons for Judgment on Voir Dire No. 4 – Photographs