William Sandeson won’t be stepping foot inside a courtroom for some time.
His effort to appeal the decision by a jury to find him guilty of the first-degree murder of Taylor Samson will be back before the Court of Appeal on Aug. 1, 2018 for a status report.
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After 22 hours of deliberations, a six-man, six-woman jury found the former Dalhousie medical student guilty in June.
Samson, 22, was studying physics at Dalhousie University when he disappeared in August 2015.
He was last seen alive on video – walking into Sandeson’s Halifax apartment.
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Samson was never seen leaving the residence and his body has never been recovered.
A first-degree murder conviction comes with an automatic life sentence with no eligibility to apply for parole for 25 years.
Sandeson is appealing the conviction.
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Chris Hansen, a spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service, says a transcript of the two month trial will be lengthy and not available until March 2018.
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