Pazaj c. R. 2023 QCCA 1121 COURT OF APPEAL CANADA PROVINCE OF QUEBEC REGISTRY OF MONTREAL No.: 500-10-008050-237 ( 500-01-220351-214 ) MINUTES OF HEARING WARNING : The trial court made an order under s. 486.4(1) Cr.C . directing that any information that could identify the victim or a witness shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. DATE: September 1, 2023 THE HONOURABLE GUY COURNOYER, J.A.

APPLICANT COUNSEL Ali Asghar Pazaj Mtre Cynthia Lacombe ( BMD Avocats ) By videoconference RESPONDENT COUNSEL HIS MAJESTY THE KING Mtre Julien Fitzgerald ( Director of Criminal and Penal prosecutions ) DESCRIPTION: Motion for leave to appeal from a conviction on a ground that involves a question of fact ( Section 675(1) (a)(ii) C.cr . ) . Clerk at the hearing : Mélanie Camiré Courtroom: RC-18 HEARING 9:29 Commencement of the hearing. Identification of counsel. Preliminary remarks. The motion is not contested.

BY THE JUDGE: Judgment – see page 3. 9:30 Conclusion of the hearing.

Mélanie Camiré, Clerk at the hearing JUDGMENT WARNING : The trial court made an order under s. 486.4(1) Cr.C . directing that any information that could identify the victim or a witness shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. [ 1 ] Seeing the Motion for leave to appeal from a conviction on grounds that involve question of fact; [ 2 ] Seeing that the Respondent does not oppose the deferment of the Motion for leave to appeal to the panel that will hear the appeal; FOR THESE REASONS, THE UNDERSIGNED: [ 3 ] DEFERS the Motion for leave to appeal from a conviction on grounds that involve question of fact to the panel that will hear the appeal.