Three-line Appeal Court decision ‘makes Reader’s Digest look downright loquacious’: lawyer

By Ian Burns ( June 25, 2018, 12:48 PM EDT) -- A recent three-line, 50-word decision by the Alberta Court of Appeal quashing a number of criminal convictions is raising eyebrows by some in the legal community, saying it does not pass muster in terms of providing for adequate appellate review. But a criminal lawyer says, given the settled nature of the law concerning unreasonable convictions, the short response is not too surprising....
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