Alberta Law Court

• Manslaughter conviction upheld for Alberta woman who said she acted in self-defence

  A southern Alberta woman who stabbed her common-law partner to death has been unsuccessful in having her conviction overturned.

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  May 3, 2021
  
• Medical examiner rules out rod as weapon that killed woman at Edmonton hotel

  Bradley Barton, an Ontario truck driver on trial for manslaughter, is accused of killing 36-year-old Cindy Gladue at the Yellowhead Inn in 2011.

  Crime

  Jan 13, 2021
  
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• Trial begins in Chipman, Alta. double homicide

  A judge and 13 jurors heard evidence on Day 1 of a three-week trial connected to the deaths of 40-year-old Jason Williams and 39-year-old Terrance Sutton.

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  Jan 11, 2021
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• Alberta courts slowly reopening with social distancing, barriers

  Law courts in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Lethbridge are slowly reopening, but they won't operate the same way they did pre-pandemic.

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  Jun 2, 2020
• Call for charges to be reinstated against guardians of 4-year-old Serenity as lawsuit winds through the courts

  A man and woman had been jointly charged in 2017 with failing to provide the necessaries of life, not in connection with her death, but with the conditions of her care.

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  Aug 17, 2019
• Charges stayed against guardians of 4-year-old Serenity

  Charges against two guardians of Serenity have been stayed. The Crown determined the matter no longer meets the prosecution standard of 'reasonable likelihood of conviction.'

  Crime

  Aug 13, 2019
• Travis Vader’s appeal for a new trial dismissed

  The man convicted in the deaths of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann has had his request for a new trial denied.

  Crime

  May 17, 2019
• Sentence upheld for man who kidnapped and cut off Edmonton man’s thumb

  Alberta's highest court has upheld a 12-year sentence for Steven Vollrath but a dissenting opinion means the case can automatically be appealed to the Supreme Court.

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  Oct 30, 2018
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• Alberta government won’t appeal top court ruling to strike down impaired driving law

  Alberta's justice minister is scheduled to respond Wednesday to a court ruling that struck down part of a law that allows authorities to suspend the licences of suspected drunk drivers until their cases are resolved in court.

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  Aug 16, 2017
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• Loblaw attack victims testify at Jayme Pasieka trial: ‘He was trying to kill me’

  Several employees who witnessed a deadly stabbing spree at a west Edmonton warehouse three years ago testified in court Wednesday.

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  Feb 22, 2017