R. v. Purdy (K.K.), 2010 BCCA 413

• Judge: Rowles, Saunders and D. Smith, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
• Case Date: September 13, 2010
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: 2010 BCCA 413;(2010), 293 B.C.A.C. 248 (CA)

R. v. Purdy (K.K.) (2010), 293 B.C.A.C. 248 (CA);

    496 W.A.C. 248

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Temp. Cite: [2010] B.C.A.C. TBEd. SE.028

Regina (respondent) v. Kelvin Kingsbury Purdy (appellant)

(CA033639; 2010 BCCA 413)

Indexed As: R. v. Purdy (K.K.)

British Columbia Court of Appeal

Rowles, Saunders and D. Smith, JJ.A.

September 23, 2010.

Summary:

The accused was convicted of the second degree murder of his estranged wife. He appealed, raising evidentiary concerns regarding the handling of the evidence of the 11 year old daughter of the accused and the deceased and a Crown witness. The accused also applied to introduce fresh evidence in support of a new trial on the ground that the Crown failed to disclose evidence relating to the integrity and continuity of exhibits involving DNA linking him to the murder.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal, in a decision reported (2008), 252 B.C.A.C. 150; 422 W.A.C. 150, dismissed the application to receive fresh evidence and dismissed the appeal. The order dismissing the appeal was entered. An application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was not pursued. The accused sought to reopen the appeal to have the court consider further evidence which the accused asserted would put into serious question the jury's verdict.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed the application to re-open. The court held that it did not have jurisdiction to re-open an appeal from conviction where the conviction appeal had been dismissed on its merits and the order entered.

Courts - Topic 2101

Jurisdiction - Appellate jurisdiction - General - [See Criminal Law - Topic 4904 ].

Courts - Topic 2106

Jurisdiction - Appellate jurisdiction - Court of Appeal - Criminal appeals - [See Criminal Law - Topic 4904 ].

Courts - Topic 8683

Provincial courts - British Columbia - Court of Appeal - Jurisdiction - Criminal appeals - [See Criminal Law - Topic 4904 ].

Criminal Law - Topic 4904

Appeals - Indictable offences - Procedure - Reopening of appeal - The accused was convicted of the second degree murder of his estranged wife - His conviction appeal was dismissed and the order entered - The accused applied to re-open the appeal - The British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed the application to re-open the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Criminal Law - Topic 4989.5

Appeals - Indictable offences - Powers of Court of Appeal - Powers to re-open appeal - [See Criminal Law - Topic 4904 ].

Cases Noticed:

R. v. E.H. - see R. v. Hamilton (E.).

R. v. Rhingo (L.) - see R. v. Hamilton (E.).

R. v. Hamilton (E.) (1997), 98 O.A.C. 363; 115 C.C.C.(3d) 89 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused (1997), 224 N.R. 238; 107 O.A.C. 399; 224 N.R. 237; 107 O.A.C. 400 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 17].

R. v. Lawrence (R.) et al. (1998), 104 B.C.A.C. 57; 170 W.A.C. 57 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused (1998), 232 N.R. 400; 120 B.C.A.C. 320; 196 W.A.C. 320 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 30].

R. v. Schwartz (D.L.) (2009), 265 B.C.A.C. 271; 446 W.A.C. 271; 91 B.C.L.R.(4th) 44; 2009 BCCA 44, leave to appeal refused (2009), 398 N.R. 395; 284 B.C.A.C. 320; 481 W.A.C. 320 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 31].

R. v. Wilder (D.M.), [2007] B.C.A.C. Uned. 78; 2007 BCCA 344, refd to. [para. 31].

R. v. Wilder (D.M.) (2008), 259 B.C.A.C. 236; 436 W.A.C. 236; 2008 BCCA 370, refd to. [para. 31].

R. v. Garcha (J.J.) (2000), 143 B.C.A.C. 245; 235 W.A.C. 245; 2000 BCCA 550, refd to. [para. 32].

R. v. Pangan (R.) (1997), 95 B.C.A.C. 233; 154 W.A.C. 233 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 32].

R. v. Hummel (D.) (2003), 182 B.C.A.C. 93; 300 W.A.C. 93; 175 C.C.C.(3d) 1; 2003 YKCA 4, refd to. [para. 33].

R. v. Chow (S.K.) - see R. v. Mapara (S.) et al.

R. v. Mapara (S.) et al. (2003), 182 B.C.A.C. 88; 300 W.A.C. 88; 2003 BCCA 248, refd to. [para. 33].

R. v. Dennis (D.E.) (2005), 208 O.A.C. 8 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34].

R. v. Akinbiyi (O.A.) (2008), 311 Sask.R. 161; 428 W.A.C. 161; 2008 SKCA 92, refd to. [para. 34].

R. v. J.L.B. (2007), 302 Sask.R. 306; 411 W.A.C. 306; 2007 SKCA 148, refd to. [para. 34].

R. v. Balafrej (2005), 197 C.C.C.(3d) 88 (Que. C.A.), refd to. [para. 34].

Statutes Noticed:

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, sect. 482 [para. 28]; sect. 674 [para. 22]; sect. 675(1)(a) [para. 23]; sect. 675(1)(b) [para. 24]; sect. 675(2) [para. 26]; sect. 745(c) [para. 25].

Counsel:

Kelvin Kingsbury Purdy, appellant, in person;

K. Madsen, for the respondent.

This application was heard by Rowles, Saunders and D. Smith, JJ.A., on June 9 and September 13, 2010, at Victoria and Vancouver, B.C., respectively. The court filed the following written reasons for judgment in Vancouver, B.C., on September 23, 2010.