What is the propriety of a court relying upon transcripts from the first trial of a defendant?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Melgarejo-Gomez v. Sidhu, 2004 BCSC 327 (CanLII):
When I enquired of counsel as to the propriety of the Rule 18A court relying upon transcripts from the first trial, I was offered a decision of Justice Burnyeat in Burbank v. Garbutt, 2000 BCSC 14.
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