R. c. Laffin 2016 QCCA 728 COURT OF APPEAL CANADA PROVINCE OF QUEBEC REGISTRY OF MONTREAL No: 500-10-005953-151, 500-10-005954-159 (760-01-070703-142, 760-01-080704-140, 760-73-001079-140) MINUTES OF THE HEARING DATE: April 28, 2016 THE HONOURABLE ROBERT M. MAINVILLE, J.A. PETITIONER ATTORNEY PHILIP D. SCHNEIDER PERSONALLY APPELLANT ATTORNEYS HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Mtre GILLES VILLENEUVE ( Service des poursuites pénales du Canada) Mtre CATHERINE SHEITOYAN (Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales) RESPONDENTS ATTORNEY JOSHUA RICHARD LAFFIN RANDALL CONNERS DESCRIPTION: Application to Withdraw From the File.

Clerk: Mihary Andrianaivo Courtroom: RC-18 HEARING 10:04 Commencement of the hearing. Submissions by Mtre Schneider. 10:09 Submissions by Mtre Villeneuve. 10:11 Rebuttal by Mtre Schneider. 10:14 Recess. 10:19 Resumption of the hearing. Discussions between the Judge and the Parties. 10:20 BY THE JUDGE: Judgment – see page 3. 10:21 End of the hearing.

Mihary Andrianaivo Clerk BY THE JUDGE JUDGMENT [ 1 ] UPON the motion of Me Philip Schneider to cease representing Joshua Richard Laffin and Randall Conners and to thus withdraw from the appeal file. [ 2 ] AND UPON the representations of Me Philip Schneider that Joshua Richard Laffin and Randall Conners were served with this motion by emails sent on April 25, 2016. [ 3 ] AND UPON the representations made by Me Philip Schneider that Joshua Richard Laffin and Randall Conners are not collaborating with him and that his relationship of trust with them is broken. [ 4 ] AND TAKING into consideration

section 97 of the Rules of the Court of Appeal of Quebec in Criminal Matters and sections 192 and 194 of the Code of civil procedure of Quebec. FOR THESE REASONS, the undersigned judge: [ 5 ] GRANTS the motion of Me Philip Schneider. [ 6 ] AUTHORIZES Me Philip Schneider to withdraw from the file and to cease representing Richard Laffin and Randall Conners. [ 7 ] ORDERS the Crown attorney to send, within 10 days of this judgment, to both Richard Laffin and Randall Conners, at their last known mailing addresses and email addresses, a copy of this judgment and a formal notice to appoint another lawyer or to indicate whether they intend to self-represent themselves in the appeal.