Ernest Drapeau said : "He's got to call it,"

CBC Tuesday, May 24, 2022 9:37:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : ''It's nothing but a highly prejudicial collection of statements by police,''

CBC Wednesday, August 14, 2019 10:09:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "You may be surprised to know that, but that's a fact,"

CBC Friday, March 8, 2019 3:15:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said ( about error ) : "where the evidence pointing to guilt is so overwhelming that the outcome would necessarily have been the same, with or without the [trial judge's] error,"

CBC Monday, January 16, 2017 10:37:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "Moreover, there was evidence from which the jury could infer [Oland] was involved in the delivery of the [blood-stained brown sports] jacket to the dry cleaners,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau explained : "The jury must be told that it cannot rely on a deliberately false statement as a piece of circumstantial evidence on the Crown's side of the scales unless there is independent evidence that the statement was concocted,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote ( about error ) : "where the evidence pointing to guilt is so overwhelming that the outcome would necessarily have been the same, with or without the [trial judge's] error,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "consider this evidence, together with all the other evidence in the case, in reaching [their] verdict,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "If the record did not reveal any 'independent' evidence from which concoction might be inferred, the judge would have had to instruct the jury the appellant's 'lie' about the jacket could not be used as inculpatory evidence. He did not," "I can only assume that course of action was followed because the judge was satisfied there was independent evidence of concoction.That is likewise my view,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau states : "With respect, that instruction was prejudicial to the defence and is erroneous in law," "Most people understand that all lies are intentional. Thus, the jury would have understood the expression 'intentional lie' as used in the charge, referred to a lie, plain and simple,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "Moreover, there was evidence from which the jury could infer [Oland] was involved in the delivery of the [blood-stained brown sports] jacket to the dry cleaners,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau explained : "The jury must be told that it cannot rely on a deliberately false statement as a piece of circumstantial evidence on the Crown's side of the scales unless there is independent evidence that the statement was concocted,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote ( about error ) : "where the evidence pointing to guilt is so overwhelming that the outcome would necessarily have been the same, with or without the [trial judge's] error,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "consider this evidence, together with all the other evidence in the case, in reaching [their] verdict,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "If the record did not reveal any 'independent' evidence from which concoction might be inferred, the judge would have had to instruct the jury the appellant's 'lie' about the jacket could not be used as inculpatory evidence. He did not," "I can only assume that course of action was followed because the judge was satisfied there was independent evidence of concoction.That is likewise my view,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau states : "With respect, that instruction was prejudicial to the defence and is erroneous in law," "Most people understand that all lies are intentional. Thus, the jury would have understood the expression 'intentional lie' as used in the charge, referred to a lie, plain and simple,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "Significantly, the trial judge did not instruct the jurors that, even if they found the appellant's erroneous statement was a lie, it had no probative value unless they concluded, on the basis of other evidence independent of that finding, that the lie was fabricated or concocted to conceal his involvement in the murder of his father,"

CBC Tuesday, January 3, 2017 2:17:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "We would expect any new trial would be considerably shorter than the first one,"

ctvnews Tuesday, October 25, 2016 4:59:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "The jurors might well have found [Oland] lied about the jacket he was wearing and in the closing moments of their deliberations distilled from that … finding the clinching element for their verdict and we are therefore compelled to quash the conviction and order a new trial,"

CBC Monday, October 24, 2016 10:22:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : “Significantly, the trial judge did not instruct the jurors that even if they found the appellant’s erroneous statement was a lie, it had no probative value unless they concluded on the basis of other evidence independent of that finding, that the lie was fabricated or concocted to conceal his involvement in the murder of his father,” “The jurors might well have found the appellant lied about the jacket he was wearing and, in the closing moments of their deliberations, distilled from that their finding the clinching element for their verdict,”

torontosun Monday, October 24, 2016 10:20:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : “We would expect any new trial would be considerably shorter than the first one,”

torontosun Monday, October 24, 2016 10:20:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "We will try to give a decision at the earliest opportunity so that both sides know where they stand," "Whether we can do so with reasons or not will depend"

CBC Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:54:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau replied : "I'm not suggesting that you made a mistake in not making a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal at all,"

CBC Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:54:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "The case law seems to suggest that it's too dangerous; that if you have ordinary people sitting on a jury and they make a finding of a lie, they leap to guilt," "So to prevent that … the law has a policy, this kind of guard against that move being made by the jury from disbelief to guilt,"

CBC Thursday, October 20, 2016 4:53:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "He's got to call it,"

CBC Tuesday, May 24, 2022 9:37:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : ''It's nothing but a highly prejudicial collection of statements by police,''

CBC Wednesday, August 14, 2019 10:09:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "You may be surprised to know that, but that's a fact,"

CBC Friday, March 8, 2019 3:15:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said ( about error ) : "where the evidence pointing to guilt is so overwhelming that the outcome would necessarily have been the same, with or without the [trial judge's] error,"

CBC Monday, January 16, 2017 10:37:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "Moreover, there was evidence from which the jury could infer [Oland] was involved in the delivery of the [blood-stained brown sports] jacket to the dry cleaners,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau explained : "The jury must be told that it cannot rely on a deliberately false statement as a piece of circumstantial evidence on the Crown's side of the scales unless there is independent evidence that the statement was concocted,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote ( about error ) : "where the evidence pointing to guilt is so overwhelming that the outcome would necessarily have been the same, with or without the [trial judge's] error,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "consider this evidence, together with all the other evidence in the case, in reaching [their] verdict,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "If the record did not reveal any 'independent' evidence from which concoction might be inferred, the judge would have had to instruct the jury the appellant's 'lie' about the jacket could not be used as inculpatory evidence. He did not," "I can only assume that course of action was followed because the judge was satisfied there was independent evidence of concoction.That is likewise my view,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau states : "With respect, that instruction was prejudicial to the defence and is erroneous in law," "Most people understand that all lies are intentional. Thus, the jury would have understood the expression 'intentional lie' as used in the charge, referred to a lie, plain and simple,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:27:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "Moreover, there was evidence from which the jury could infer [Oland] was involved in the delivery of the [blood-stained brown sports] jacket to the dry cleaners,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau explained : "The jury must be told that it cannot rely on a deliberately false statement as a piece of circumstantial evidence on the Crown's side of the scales unless there is independent evidence that the statement was concocted,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote ( about error ) : "where the evidence pointing to guilt is so overwhelming that the outcome would necessarily have been the same, with or without the [trial judge's] error,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "consider this evidence, together with all the other evidence in the case, in reaching [their] verdict,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau wrote : "If the record did not reveal any 'independent' evidence from which concoction might be inferred, the judge would have had to instruct the jury the appellant's 'lie' about the jacket could not be used as inculpatory evidence. He did not," "I can only assume that course of action was followed because the judge was satisfied there was independent evidence of concoction.That is likewise my view,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau states : "With respect, that instruction was prejudicial to the defence and is erroneous in law," "Most people understand that all lies are intentional. Thus, the jury would have understood the expression 'intentional lie' as used in the charge, referred to a lie, plain and simple,"

CBC Friday, January 13, 2017 3:58:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "Significantly, the trial judge did not instruct the jurors that, even if they found the appellant's erroneous statement was a lie, it had no probative value unless they concluded, on the basis of other evidence independent of that finding, that the lie was fabricated or concocted to conceal his involvement in the murder of his father,"

CBC Tuesday, January 3, 2017 2:17:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "We would expect any new trial would be considerably shorter than the first one,"

ctvnews Tuesday, October 25, 2016 4:59:00 AM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "The jurors might well have found [Oland] lied about the jacket he was wearing and in the closing moments of their deliberations distilled from that … finding the clinching element for their verdict and we are therefore compelled to quash the conviction and order a new trial,"

CBC Monday, October 24, 2016 10:22:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : “Significantly, the trial judge did not instruct the jurors that even if they found the appellant’s erroneous statement was a lie, it had no probative value unless they concluded on the basis of other evidence independent of that finding, that the lie was fabricated or concocted to conceal his involvement in the murder of his father,” “The jurors might well have found the appellant lied about the jacket he was wearing and, in the closing moments of their deliberations, distilled from that their finding the clinching element for their verdict,”

torontosun Monday, October 24, 2016 10:20:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : “We would expect any new trial would be considerably shorter than the first one,”

torontosun Monday, October 24, 2016 10:20:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "We will try to give a decision at the earliest opportunity so that both sides know where they stand," "Whether we can do so with reasons or not will depend"

CBC Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:54:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau replied : "I'm not suggesting that you made a mistake in not making a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal at all,"

CBC Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:54:00 PM EAT

Ernest Drapeau said : "The case law seems to suggest that it's too dangerous; that if you have ordinary people sitting on a jury and they make a finding of a lie, they leap to guilt," "So to prevent that … the law has a policy, this kind of guard against that move being made by the jury from disbelief to guilt,"

CBC Thursday, October 20, 2016 4:53:00 AM EAT