Canada - ~Appeal court orders new trial for accused drug dealer~ Panel finds trial judge made a number of errors
Three judges of the B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday ordered a new trial for Nima Ghavami, who is accused of distributing and trafficking methamphetamine with members of the Hells Angels.
Ghavami is accused of actively participating in a plan to produce and distribute methamphetamine by handling about $100,000 cash and 14 kilograms of methamphetamine over a one-year period.
The trial judge, Justice Peter Leask, previously entered a judicial stay of proceedings of the charges against Ghavami because of a 44-month trial delay, which the judge found was caused mostly by the Crown.
Leask concluded that the trial delay violated Ghavami's constitutional right ....
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