Here is another recent report about the developments in this case but this time from The Sudbury Star:
Judge reserves decision about defence lawyers in Sudbury murder case
The Crown should only bring these motions if they are slam dunks.
It won’t have any bearing on the trial, but the direct indictment and this failed motion makes the prosecution look personally invested. Very unusual.
I'm pretty upset that they downgraded to second.
He attacked her, went to the restroom to "wash up" and returned to find her near the phone where he finished her off.
Sounds pretty f*&$%ng premeditated to me! (frustrated with the system, not your comment)
The change of venue hearing was scheduled to come up in the first part of May. I'm not sure what, if anything, courts are still doing during the provincial lockdown.
Lawyers formally seek to move high-profile murder trial out of Sudbury (update)
S-i-l is a lawyer in the district. He said that many of these clerical things are progressing as they normally would. Jury trials are on hold, of course, but a lot of this paperwork stuff is done by internet conferencing, or actual in court time if there are just lawyers present.
AlthoughI think of Renee often, I hardly think that a 20 + yr old case qualifies as high profile.
Thanks for sharing that info. In the context of the city of Sudbury, I would see the case as high profile. The police, Renee's family and the media never let the case slip out of the public eye once in all those years. Knowledge of the case and a sense of connection with Renee and her family is the reality for a significant number of people in the city. I think the defense actually has a shot at securing a change of venue, which would be unfortunate for a number of reasons.