United States of America v. Patterson

• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Judge: Kirkpatrick, J.A.
• Date: 20 July 2015
• Citation: (2015), 376 B.C.A.C. 34 (CA),2015 BCCA 327
• Court: Court of Appeal (British Columbia)

USA v. Patterson (2015), 376 B.C.A.C. 34 (CA);

    646 W.A.C. 34

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Temp. Cite: [2015] B.C.A.C. TBEd. JL.047

The Attorney General of Canada on behalf of the United States of America (respondent) v. Kevin David Patterson (applicant)

(CA42903; 2015 BCCA 327)

Indexed As: United States of America v. Patterson

British Columbia Court of Appeal

Kirkpatrick, J.A.

July 20, 2015.

Summary:

The applicant applied for judicial interim release pending a decision by the Minister of Justice whether to surrender him to the United States under the Extradition Act to face murder and theft charges. The Attorney General of Canada argued that there was no basis on which to grant bail because the applicant had not indicated the basis on which he intended to persuade the Minister not to order his surrender; that he was a flight risk; and that his release would not be in the public interest.

The British Columbia Supreme Court, per Kirkpatrick, J.A., dismissed the bail application.

Extradition - Topic 2961

Provisional arrest and detention - Bail or interim release - General (incl. when appropriate) - See paragraphs 23 to 43.

Cases Noticed:

Schreiber v. Canada (Attorney General), [2014] A.R. Uned. 393; 2014 ABCA 368, refd to. [para. 20].

Canada (Attorney General) et al. v. Raghoonanan (2003), 168 O.A.C. 329; 63 O.R.(3d) 465 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 20].

Ouzghar v. France (Republic) et al. (2009), 245 O.A.C. 287; 2009 ONCA 137, refd to. [para. 21].

United States of America et al. v. Wakeling (2013), 335 B.C.A.C. 15; 573 W.A.C. 15; 2013 BCCA 166, refd to. [para. 22].

R. v. Barling, [1993] B.C.J. No. 3138 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 24].

United States of America v. Burns and Rafay, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 283; 265 N.R. 212; 148 B.C.A.C. 1; 243 W.A.C. 1; 2001 SCC 7, refd to. [para. 27].

United States of America v. Kwok, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 532; 267 N.R. 310; 145 O.A.C. 36; 2001 SCC 18, refd to. [para. 29].

Italy v. Seifert (2007), 246 B.C.A.C. 69; 406 W.A.C. 69; 2007 BCCA 420, refd to. [para. 30].

R. v. Schiel (A.K.) et al., [2011] B.C.A.C. Uned. 58; 2011 BCCA 160, refd to. [para. 30].

R. v. Jahanrakhshan (K.A.) (2012), 326 B.C.A.C. 199; 554 W.A.C. 199; 2012 BCCA 341, refd to. [para. 30].

United States of America v. Edwards (2010), 288 B.C.A.C. 15; 488 W.A.C. 15; 2010 BCCA 149, refd to. [para. 31].

R. v. B.S.B. (2008), 263 B.C.A.C. 51; 443 W.A.C. 51; 2008 BCCA 483, refd to. [para. 35].

United States of America v. Graham (2004), 195 B.C.A.C. 245; 319 W.A.C. 245; 2004 BCCA 162, refd to. [para. 36].

Thailand (Kingdom) v. Saxena (2006), 224 B.C.A.C. 68; 370 W.A.C. 68; 2006 BCCA 145, refd to. [para. 37].

R. v. St-Cloud (J.) (2015), 471 N.R. 256; 2015 SCC 27, refd to. [para. 39].

R. v. Malley (B.A.) (2015), 602 A.R. 158; 647 W.A.C. 158; 2015 ABCA 213, refd to. [para. 39].

R. v. Chu (C.P.) (2015), 460 Sask.R. 157; 639 W.A.C. 157; 2015 SKCA 60, refd to. [para. 39].

United States of America v. Cameron et al. (2015), 370 B.C.A.C. 179; 635 W.A.C. 179; 2015 BCCA 145, refd to. [para. 41].

United States of America v. Doak - see United States of America v. Cameron et al.

Statutes Noticed:

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, sect. 679(3) [para. 19].

Extradition Act, S.C. 1999, c. 18, sect. 20 [para. 18].

Counsel:

The applicant appeared in person;

S. Amanda Lord, for the respondent.

This application was heard on July 20, 2015, in Vancouver, B.C., in chambers, before Kirkpatrick, J.A., of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, who delivered the following decision on the same date.