British Columbia's top court has overturned a second-degree murder conviction against a man who was found guilty of stabbing a Good Samaritan in downtown Vancouver. Robert Tyson Smith (left) got out of his taxi on Granville Street to try to stop two men from kicking and yelling at it. (Adam Smith)The Appeal Court says the trial judge's failure to respond adequately to a question from the jury amounted to a miscarriage of justice. During their deliberations, jurors asked if they could consider whether Williams continued to drink during that period and the role, if any, the "unaccounted-for time" could play in their decision-making. "The trial judge failed to answer the jury's question correctly and completely," Justice Gregory Fitch wrote in the Appeal Court decision.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2019 00:45 UTC