By Jeff Buckstein ( February 18, 2025, 4:28 PM EST) -- The Court of Appeal for British Columbia applied the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to quash the conviction of a Vancouver man on multiple counts of drugs, firearms and weapons offences. The unanimous decision in R. v. Khamvongsa, 2025 BCCA 33, announced February 5, resulted in a new trial for Khamphou Khamvongsa, after having been convicted on 13 counts in the Provincial Court of British Columbia (R. v. Khamvongsa, Vancouver Docket 255078-2) in 2023....