Testing the Limits on Abuse of Process: Her Majesty the Queen v. Matthew James Johnston, et al.
In R. v. Johnston, 2021 BCCA 34 [Johnston], the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) quashed the convictions of both Matthew James Johnston and Cody Rae Haevischer on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. On December 2, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave for the […]