This could be the start of a series of retrials. My sense is such result is unlikely but ...
Convicted killer seeks mistrial after jury vetted
Shannon Kari, National Post
A young man convicted of first-degree murder in Barrie is asking a judge to throw out his conviction or order a new trial because prosecutors had vetted lists of potential jurors that were not disclosed to the defence.
The legal motion, which will be heard today in Superior Court in Barrie, is the latest example of the ongoing fallout from revelations that prosecutors in some parts of Ontario were using police to conduct background checks on potential jurors, contrary to the provincial Juries Act.
The 19-year-old man, who can be identified only as N.B. because he was a youth when he was charged in the March 2006 stabbing death of 14-year-old Brayton Bullock, was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury in February.
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