Defence lawyers and prosecutors are to return to an Edmonton courtroom Monday, two weeks after Court of Queen's Bench Justice Denny Thomas found Travis Vader guilty of second-degree murder. Sankoff says the judge could stick with second-degree murder, but it would be problematic. Section 230 allowed for a second-degree murder verdict if a killing occurred during the commission of another crime, such as robbery. Tanovich says Thomas could realistically enter a manslaughter verdict against Vader. "The trial judge got no assistance at all from the lawyers."

Source: CBC News October 02, 2016 16:52 UTC