2020 QCCA 160, 2020 QCCA 160

Papadopoulos c. Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales 2020 QCCA 160 COURT OF APPEAL CANADA PROVINCE OF QUEBEC REGISTRY OF MONTREAL No: 500-10-007252-198 ( 540-36-001049-195 , 500-61-094521-181) MINUTES OF HEARING DATE: January 30, 2020 THE HONOURABLE MARIE-FRANCE BICH, J.A. APPLICANT COUNSEL Demetre Papadopoulos Mtre Benjamin Wilner M tre MATTHEW S.

SHADLEY ( Shadley Bien-Aimé ) RESPONDENT COUNSEL Director of penal and criminal prosecutions Mtre Isabelle Moreau ( Director of penal and criminal prosecutions ) DESCRIPTION: Motion for leave to appeal on questions of law alone, from a judgment rendered on November 28 th 2019 by the Honourable Mario Longpré of the Superior Court, District of Laval (Section 291 of the Code of Penal Procedure ). Clerk at the hearing : Elisabeth Lepage Courtroom: RC-18 HEARING

9:55 Commencement of the hearing. Identification of counsel. Submissions by Mtre Wilner. 10:09 Submissions by Mtre Moreau. 10:14 Reply by Mtre Wilner. 10:17 BY THE JUDGE: Judgment – see page 3. 10:18 Conclusion of the hearing. Elisabeth Lepage, Clerk at the hearing JUDGMENT [ 1 ] In view of the file as constituted at the present stage, I am of the opinion that the motion fulfils the requirements of s. 291 C.P.P. FOR THESE REASONS, I: [ 2 ] GRANT the motion for leave to appeal and GRANT leave to appeal the judgment of 28 November 2019 by Longpré, J. of the Superior Court ( 2019 QCCS 5106 ). MARIE-FRANCE BICH, J.A.