Verdict: GUILTY for both Millard and Smich of 1st degree murder #3

[billandrew]

It makes sense that MS would file the stay application because he has nothing to lose by doing so. However, I believe the application will get rejected because, IMO, the delay in the LB case coming to trial stems more from exceptional circumstances than from complacency in the court system or mistakes made by the Crown. In this case, exceptional circumstances might include:

• The general complexity of the case and its relation to other murder cases (TB and WM)
• Involvement of multiple jurisdictions and police agencies
• Multiple accused and delays caused by DM
• Scheduling of multiple murder trials (TB, LB, WM)
• Scheduling large numbers of witnesses
• Public interest and awareness in the case (Crown needs to tread carefully so as not to spoil the jury pool)

In light of all this it doesn't strike me that the delays in LB's case arise from any unreasonableness of the court system or the Crown. Anyone have any thoughts?

There is also a transitional exception for charges laid prior to the new time limits, which allows for delays over 30 months as long as the case was following the OLD guidelines (as set out in R v Morin). I'm not familiar with those guidelines so I don't know if the LB case was following them.

 

[SnooperDuper]

DM and MS were charged in May 2013 and went to trial in January 2016 for the murder of TB...32 months.

The LB charge didn't come about until May 2014...30 months from that is January 2017. In October 2016 the trial date was pushed from February 2017 to September 2017, so they would have been at 31 months if they had held to the first date. Now it will be 38 months.

That extra 7 months was all due to DM's issues with his self-defence, legal aid and so on.

I don't think they would have dismissed this case if it were just 1 month over the 30 month mark, and given that the additional delays were all linked to DM and his representation and given he's been openly accused of playing the system, and given DM and MS were partners in crime before...and the fact that the charges came before the new guidelines...I don't think the court will be open to throwing this one out. Certainly DM and MS are high-profile criminals and tossing the case against MS would just awaken public outrage, IMO.

There is a phenomenal 30 terabytes of disclosure in the LB case - most likely some video in there? How else do you get to a figure so large? Anyway, that is a lot of information to manage...but also makes me think (along with the direct indictment) that they have another slam-dunk case.

 

[jash]

New article pertaining to our favourite former DM defence counsel. He's clearly been shoe-shopping. Cue Big Iisho's Red Shoes. :facepalm:

The last time Paradkar stood outside the John Sopinka Courthouse he was telling journalists his client Dellen Millard was innocent.

And not just innocent, but also "extremely remorseful and sad."

Of course, Millard wasn't innocent. A jury found him guilty last June of Tim Bosma's first-degree murder.

...

By the time that verdict rolled around, Paradkar had faded into the background, never once attending the six-month trial. He, however, says he continued to consult on the case.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7...sh-and-flashy-counsel-for-ancaster-s-baratov/

 

[SnooperDuper]

New article pertaining to our favourite former DM defence counsel. He's clearly been shoe-shopping. Cue Big Iisho's Red Shoes. :facepalm:

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7...sh-and-flashy-counsel-for-ancaster-s-baratov/

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Have you checked out this guy's instagram?

He directs me to his Instagram account: @cocaine_lawyer. He's not shy about his vast track record defending accused drug dealers. He sometimes uses the hashtag #bestcocainelawyer.

smh.

So much for his identity as a "Christian son of a Presbyterian minister" and "deeply religious man" http://www.therecord.com/news-story...er-deepak-paradkar-i-treat-trials-like-wars-/

 

[Kamille]

DP is something else isn't he? Still want to know the circumstances that led to him being "dismissed" as DM's attorney. Why is that court record from the in camera session surrounding those events still sealed? :waitasec:

MOO

 

[matou]

New article pertaining to our favourite former DM defence counsel. He's clearly been shoe-shopping. Cue Big Iisho's Red Shoes. :facepalm:



http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7...sh-and-flashy-counsel-for-ancaster-s-baratov/

Pffftttt...are you kidding me? He's representing Baratov the hacker? Hahaha, I guess the hacker didn't do too much looking around for a good lawyer. Just one that will defend the most obviously guilty client and take his money LOL. Next.

 

[SnooperDuper]

DP is something else isn't he? Still want to know the circumstances that led to him being "dismissed" as DM's attorney. Why is that court record from the in camera session surrounding those events still sealed? :waitasec:

MOO

I wonder how DM's letters got out of prison when MB could only meet with him with a pane of glass in between.

 

[Tealgrove]

Am I totally out of the loop? Are lawyers in Canada not governed by a code of conduct of some sort?

I find DP's instagram name not only outrageous by offensive. It screams of advertising to the drug dealers pick me pick me! And then to flaunt his wealth, which is a direct result of rich drug dealers paying him, absolutely disgusting.

I'm a goody two shoes by nature so it doesn't take much to offend me. I'm actually shocked.

 

[SnooperDuper]

Am I totally out of the loop? Are lawyers in Canada not governed by a code of conduct of some sort?

I find DP's instagram name not only outrageous by offensive. It screams of advertising to the drug dealers pick me pick me! And then to flaunt his wealth, which is a direct result of rich drug dealers paying him, absolutely disgusting.

I'm a goody two shoes by nature so it doesn't take much to offend me. I'm actually shocked.

Yes, it's pretty gross IMO too...but remember it is all fun and games as long as his client gets off. You don't want to make dangerous people angry. I think he is playing with fire, all for tacky looking material goods. You never know if stuff really belongs to the bank like DM, too.

But he does seem to be a particular kind of person. He thinks his show is very important. He's into status goods like a teenager. He certainly seems to be on the same wavelength as the kids he defends. I hope for him he has not gotten fully sucked into their lifestyle.

(I mean "juice" as "alcoholic" MS's nickname, that is drug slang not booze slang. I asked around and people tell me it's a coke or injection term locally (Like "Spiken" Mike is an injection nickname). IMO these guys were way deeper into the drugs than came out at trial (and more did come out afterwards, but I am saying IMO DM and MS were serious users and dealers and totally committed to the lifestyle. It just smells that way).)

 

[matou]

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Dellen Millard & Mark Smich, convicted in murder of Ancaster man Tim Bosma, appearing in court today related to murder case of Laura Babcock

 

[matou]

Millard is stalling on purpose. Get this trial underway with any lawyer who will defend him. JMO

 

[Coldpizza]

Admin Note

Please do not post tweets from the courtroom due to a publication ban.

Thank you

 

[matou]

I don't see DM or MS scheduled for court tomorrow.

 

[deugirtni]

DP is something else isn't he? Still want to know the circumstances that led to him being "dismissed" as DM's attorney. Why is that court record from the in camera session surrounding those events still sealed? :waitasec:

MOO

Hmm, seems as if DP may be somewhat of an 'ambulance chaser' lawyer. See this video interview of Baratov's lawyer in which he states he is the *only* lawyer on the case, it's close to the beginning. Is that how he first got involved with DM as well? Does he watch the news for high profile cases and just show up and hope he's retained?

http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/900534339928/

 

[Kamille]

Hmm, seems as if DP may be somewhat of an 'ambulance chaser' lawyer. See this video interview of Baratov's lawyer in which he states he is the *only* lawyer on the case, it's close to the beginning. Is that how he first got involved with DM as well? Does he watch the news for high profile cases and just show up and hope he's retained?

http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/900534339928/

He certainly seems like an ambulance chaser. Interesting comments back on Mar 17 from DiCarlo. But guess who has also been representing Baratov in court last week and today?


Nicole Martin‏ @nmartinCHCH Apr 5
Deepak Paradkar is another member of Baratov's defence team. He has introduced an application to unshackle #Baratov @CHCHNews

[video=twitter;851778486859595776]https://twitter.com/nmartinCHCH/status/851778486859595776[/video]

Do we have a thread for Baratov?

 

[deugirtni]

I started a thread here:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...er-Fighting-Extradition-to-US-to-Face-Charges

 

[SnooperDuper]

Pretty interesting column on DP in the Sun:

Flashy lawyer caught in the spotlight
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/04/13/flashy-lawyer-caught-in-the-spotlight

In one Instagram post, Paradkar poses in the hall of the Brampton courthouse with a client freed on drug dealing charges and seems to be making gang signs as he celebrates another win. “Trials are war. Choose a general,” he writes.

But you’d think a lawyer would know that it’s against the law to take photos in a courthouse: It’s a violation of the Courts of Justice Act and is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment for up to six months.

It’s that kind of preening that is increasingly drawing the ire of his more conservative colleagues.

Is that the kind of message an officer of the court should be endorsing?

“People are just disgusted by it. You don’t become a lawyer to hang out with gangsters and look like a punk,” says a criminal lawyer who doesn’t want his name used. “There is no one who supports what he’s doing — judges are disgusted by it, defence lawyers are disgusted by it and Crowns are disgusted by it.”

He believes an investigation should be launched.

“I can only hope the Law Society of Upper Canada takes whatever steps are necessary to restrict Mr. Paradkar from practising law,” he said. “It’s lawyers like him who give the rest of us a bad name.”

 

[Velma]

Hello everyone! Will anyone here be attending court for these trials?<modsnip>

http://www.annrbrocklehurst.com/tag/matthew-ward-jackson

 

[JuneBug67]

Can't predict the depth or quality of the coverage we can expect, but I'm extremely confident that the verdict will be 'don't name your kid Matthew'.

 

[Kamille]

Looks like MWJ is in court at 10am tomorrow for a bail review? :waitasec:

http://www.ontariocourtdates.ca/doc...233036149144119183229209132116195039165156076