Does the Minister of Justice have an obligation to consider the strength of the evidence supporting committal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from United States of America v. Doak, 2015 BCCA 145 (CanLII):
Generally speaking, the Minister is not under an obligation to consider the strength of the evidence supporting a committal decision: see United States of America v. Lopez-Turatiz, 2014 BCCA 39 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Aziz, 2013 BCCA 414. This is because the question of whether the evidence put forward by the requesting state is sufficient to justify committal is an issue for the extradition judge to determine pursuant to s. 29(1) of the Act.
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