Police have arrested a man in Toronto in connection with the killing of a 47-year-old man who was found dead on a residential street in St. John's, N.L., last summer.

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers found the body of Paradise, N.L. resident James Cody on Craigmillar Ave. shortly after gunshots were reported Sunday around 4 a.m.

In its unanimous decision today, the high court ruled that a Newfoundland man facing drug and weapon charges should not face trial under new rules spelled out last July for determining unjustifiable court delays.