Adjei c. R. 2022 QCCA 1378 COURT OF APPEAL CANADA PROVINCE OF QUEBEC REGISTRY OF MONTREAL No.: 500-10-007841-222 ( 500-01-210399-207 ) MINUTES OF HEARING WARNING : Order restricting publication: the Court of Québec, District of Montreal, made an order under s. 486.4(2.1) Cr.C . directing that, if the victim is under the age of eighteen years, any information that could identify the victim shall not be published in any document or broadcast or transmitted in any way. DATE: August 18, 2022 THE HONOURABLE ROBERT M. MAINVILLE, J.A.

APPLICANT COUNSEL Leslie Adjei Mtre Elizabeth Pouliot Absent RESPONDENT COUNSEL HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Mtre Anna Levin ( Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions ) Absent DESCRIPTION: Motion to extend the time for appeal ( Section 678(2) of the Criminal Code ). Clerk at the hearing : René Gutknecht Courtroom: RC-18 HEARING Given that the motion is not contested, the presence of the parties is not necessary for today’s hearing.

René Gutknecht, Clerk at the hearing JUDGMENT [ 1 ] The applicant has submitted a motion to extend the time to appeal the judgment of May 4, 2022, by which Judge Christian Tremblay of the Court of Québec, District of Montreal, found him guilty of sexual assault. [ 2 ] Crown counsel does not challenge the motion. [ 3 ] After reviewing the motion and the materials attached thereto, I am of the view that the motion satisfies the applicable legal criteria and should therefore be granted.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE UNDERSIGNED: [ 4 ] GRANTS the motion; [ 5 ] EXTENDS the time within which the notice of appeal may be given; [ 6 ] ALLOWS the filing of the “Notice of Appeal from a conviction on a ground that involves a question of law alone” with respect to the applicant’s conviction on May 4, 2022. ROBERT M. MAINVILLE, J.A.