A former Canadian Armed Forces soldier found guilty of constructive first-degree murder who argued that the verdict was unreasonable and that the trial judge erred by dismissing his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal lost his case before the Quebec Court of Appeal.
The decision reaffirms the growing body of jurisprudence over constructive first-degree murder and illustrates that a person accused of first-degree murder has nothing to lose when appealing even though arguments are clearly destined to fail, according to a criminal lawyer.