2023 QCCA 349, 2023 QCCA 349

R. c. Aucoin 2023 QCCA 349 COURT OF APPEAL CANADA PROVINCE OF QUEBEC REGISTRY OF QUEBEC No : 200-10-700041-234 (410-01-035619-203) (200-01-254143-237) MINUTES OF THE HEARING DATE : March 17, 2023 THE HONOURABLE SUZANNE GAGNÉ, J.A.

APPELLANT COUNSEL HIS MAJESTY THE KING Mtre ÉMILIE GOULET (ABSENT) (Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions) RESPONDENT COUNSELS ÉRIC AUCOIN Mtre MIKAËL BERNARD (ABSENT) Mtre LESLIE MATCHIM (ABSENT) (Matchim Bernard Law Group) On appeal from a judgment rendered on January 27 th , 2023 (reasons rendered on February 20, 2023) by the Honourable François Huot of the Superior Court, District of Quebec. DESCRIPTION : Motion for an order for substituted service (section 678.1 Cr.c .)

Clerk at the hearing: Gisèle Tendeng Diène Courtroom : 4.30 HEARING The parties were excused from attending court; Judgment; End of the hearing. Gisèle Tendeng Diène, Clerk at the hearing JUDGMENT [ 1 ] CONSIDERING the allegations of the Motion for an order for substituted service. [ 2 ] CONSIDERING the Schedules, in particular Schedules VI which confirms that Mr Matchim is still in contact with the Respondent. FOR THESE REASONS, THE UNDERSIGNED: [ 3 ] GRANTS the motion; [ 4 ] ORDERS the Respondent be served through Mr Matchim, one of his attorneys in the first instance. SUZANNE GAGNÉ, J.A.