2021 QCCA 484, 2021 QCCA 484

Damgajian c. Ministre de la Justice du Canada 2021 QCCA 484 COUR D'APPEL CANADA PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC GREFFE DE MONTRÉAL N o : 500-10-007079-195 PROCÈS-VERBAL D'AUDIENCE DATE : Le 17 mars 2021 L’HONORABLE GUY COURNOYER, J.C.A.

PARTIE REQUÉRANTE AVOCAT Joseph Damgajian Me Pierre Poupart ( Les avocats Poupart, Touma ) Par visioconférence

PARTIE INTIMÉE AVOCAT ministre de la justice du canada Me Laurent Brisebois ( Ministère de la justice Canada ) Par visioconférence

PARTIE MISE EN CAUSE Les États-unis d'amérique Me Laurent Brisebois ( Ministère de la justice Canada ) Par visioconférence DESCRIPTION : Requête pour mise en liberté en attente de la décision de la Cour suprême du Canada sur une demande d'autorisation d'appel (Art. 679 C.cr. et 31 des Règles de pratique de la Cour d'appel ) . Greffière-audiencière : Mélanie Camiré Salle : RC-18 AUDITION

9 h 33 Identification du dossier et des avocats. La requête n’est pas contestée. Échanges de part et d’autre. 9 h 35 PAR LE JUGE : Jugement rendu séance tenante – voir page 3. 9 h 37 Fin de l’audience. Mélanie Camiré, Greffière-audiencière JUGEMENT [ 1 ] Vu les représentations conjointes des parties. POUR CES MOTIFS, LE SOUSSIGNÉ : [ 2 ] ACCUEILLE la requête pour mise en liberté; [ 3 ] ORDONNE la mise en liberté du requérant, Joseph Damgajian, pourvu qu'il contracte à cette fin un engagement assorti des conditions suivantes : 1.

Maintain the following undertakings at all times: a) $5,000 with deposit by the applicant Joseph Damgajian; b) $5,000 without deposit by Maurice Damgajian (father); c) $2,000 with deposit by Amika Damgajian (mother); The whole for a total of $12,000; 2. Keep the peace, be of good behavior and attend court whenever required; 3. Remain within the boundaries of the Province of Quebec for the duration of his release; 4.

Abstain from applying for any passport or travel documents from any jurisdiction, including Canada, and ensure that all his passports previously surrendered to the registry of the Superior Court, including his Canadian passport, his US passport and his Lebanese passport, remain so surrendered; 5. Reside with his former spouse, Renita Almeida, at [...], Montreal, Quebec, [...], and not change his place of residence without the prior consent of the Court or one of its judges; 6.

Remain at that address ([...], Montreal, Quebec, [...]) between 11 pm hours and 6 am hours every day of the week, except for the purposes of legitimate employment, legitimate charity work or a medical emergency; 7. Maintain at all times in working order a telephone landline bearing number [...] without call forwarding capabilities or hidden call number features, and answer any call made by a peace officer to said telephone number between 11 pm hours and 6 am hours; 8.

Starting as of March 19, 2021, report to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP") twice a week, every Tuesday and Friday, at 4225 Dorchester Blvd., Westmount, Quebec H3Z 1V5, and sign the register provided for this purpose at that address between 10:00 hours and 2 pm hours on each of these days. However, as long as a public health emergency is maintained by the Government of Quebec with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, this condition may also be fulfilled by personally calling the offices of the RCMP on those days and during such hours at telephone number [...] from the land line bearing number [...].

9. Abstain from communicating, directly or indirectly, with any individual who, to his knowledge, has a criminal record or is facing pending criminal charges; 10. Abstain from communicating or attempting to communicate in any manner with persons who use or sell illicit drugs or narcotics; 11. Abstain from:

a) having in his possession pseudoephedrine or any illicit drug or narcotic, except in accordance with a validly obtained medical prescription;

b) selling, sending, procuring, giving or otherwise trafficking to anyone in any manner whatsoever pseudoephedrine or any illicit drug or narcotic;

c) using the postal system of the United States of America or of Australia;

d) sending by any means a letter, parcel or any other package to the United States of America or to Australia, directly or indirectly; 12. Refrain from having in his possession or carrying, for any purpose whatsoever, offensive or restricted-use weapons or imitation weapons, including starter pistols and pellet pistols, firearms, cross-bows, prohibited weapons and prohibited devices; 13. Surrender himself into custody at the Rivière-des-Prairies Detention Center, 11900 Armand-Chaput Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H1C 1S7, on whichever of the following dates that occurs first:

a) by 12 noon on the day prior to the date set for the release of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada for the delivery of the judgment of the leave application in file No. 39557. If that day follows a statutory holiday, then surrender shall be on the immediate previous non-weekend work day;

b) if he abandons his leave application to the Supreme Court of Canada in file No. 39557, within 24 hours of the day he abandons his leave application; 14. Keep a copy of these conditions on him at all times outside his place of residence. [ 4 ] ORDONNE que l’engagement soit souscrit par le requérant devant un juge de paix désigné à cette fin avant qu’il ne soit remis en liberté. GUY COURNOYER, J.C.A.