What is the duty of a municipal court to assist a self-represented defendant in completing his evidence at trial?

Quebec, Canada


The following excerpt is from Yusuf c. Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, 2020 QCCS 2009 (CanLII):

In these circumstances, the duty to assist a self-represented defendant as established in Granger v. Montcalm (Municipalité de)[5] did not go so far as to require the trial judge to grant an adjournment for the appellant to complete his evidence.

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