BC killer’s appeal for new trial denied
Posted September 26, 2016 10:36 am.
Last Updated September 26, 2016 4:30 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The appeal of a convicted BC serial killer has been dismissed in BC Supreme Court. Cody Legebokoff claimed the defence counsel made disparaging remarks about him during his initial trial.
The judge said Legebokoff’s lawyers had exaggerated and distorted evidence in a 2012 application to have the trial moved to Vancouver, but the man argued in appeal court that he should have been made aware of those beliefs before the trial. However, BC appeal court Justice David Frankel says in a written decision that a judge’s view that counsel has acted unprofessionally does not convey bias because judges must decide cases based on facts and the law.
Frankel says Legebokoff was competently represented throughout the trial and there is no suggestion that the judge’s views affected how he conducted the proceedings.
Legebokoff was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 25 years by a judge in Prince George.
His case surrounded the death of three women and one teen and during his trial there was a considerable amount of physical evidence that was presented linking him to the murders. Legebokoff was sentenced back exactly two years ago following a three-and-a-half month trial.
