From: johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   JCT: Adrian Stuerm was sentenced to a mandatory 6-months for   
   cultivating 65 plants in his garage. He was released after 19   
   days pending appeal.   
      
   The Crown moved to quash the appeal as frivolous for having   
   relied on the old MMAR when he was charged under the new MMPR.   
      
   That was the constitutional motion that made that mistake. Not   
   the Quash Motion which cited the MMPR.   
      
   But the Crown and Clerk were unaware that the appeal wasn't   
   based on the MMAR challenge, it was based on the MMPR   
   challenge and sent it for hearing to a panel of judges.   
      
   Adrian handed in written representations explaining that they   
   were all talking about the wrong motion but the judges ruled   
   that appealing against the MMAR was frivolous and threw out   
   his appeal and sent him back to jail.   
      
   When came his first hearing by jailers for release after   
   1/6th, he found out that his complete file hadn't been   
   forwarded file and so they put it off a week.   
      
   Then his lawyer offered him a deal: he was also facing charges   
   for Possession of what he had been convicted of producing. A   
   great case of Double Jeopardy. But the Crown would drop that   
   charge and let him be released if he renounced any appeal to   
   the Supreme Court of Canada. He signed the document:   
      
   NOM DU CLIENT: Adrian Stuerm   
   DOSSIER: 500-01-152951-171   
      
   Je, soussigne, Adrian Stuerm, declare ce qui suit:   
      
   1. Je suis l'accuse dans l'affaire mentionne ci-haut;   
   1. I am the accused in the above-mentioned matter;   
      
   2. En date du 23 may 2017, un jury preside par l'honorable   
   Alexandre Boucher, J.C.S., a rendu un verdict de culpabilite a   
   mon egard.   
   2. On May 23 2017, a jury presided over by the Honorable   
   Alexandre Boucher, J.C.S., rendered a verdict of guilty on me.   
      
   JCT: Actually, the jury rendered their decision on May 10. Not   
   May 23. And he was sentenced on May 18, not May 23. The judge   
   signed the paperwork on May 23.   
      
   3. En date du 25 septembre 2017, l'appel du dossier a ete   
   rejete;   
   3. On Sep 25 2017, the appeal of the case was quashed;   
      
   4. Me Serge Raby m'a explique les avantages et inconvenients   
   d'un appel devant la Cour Supreme du Canada dans mon dossier;   
   4. Attorney (Me) Serge Raby explained to me the advantages and   
   inconveniences of an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in   
   my case;   
      
   5. Je comprends les explications de Me Serge Raby et je   
   renonce a mon droit d'en appeler devant la Cour Supreme du   
   Canada.   
   5. I under the explanations of Me Serge Raby and I renounce my   
   right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.   
      
   Signe a Montreal le 10 octobre 2017   
   ______________________________   
   Adrian Stuerm   
      
   Solemnly declared before me at Montreal on Oct 10 2017.   
   ______________________________   
   A COMMISSIONER OF OATHS FOR QUEBEC   
      
   JCT: So that's how Adrian was coerced into giving up a great   
   appeal over a panel of judges who didn't realize they were   
   dealing with the wrong motion! Har har har har har har. And   
   put him back in jail after being completely wrong.   
      
   Notice there is no Crown Attorney on this shameful document.   
   It's all a pledge by Adrian being offered for the deal. No   
   assurance at all from the other side.   
      
   On Oct 18, the Crown did drop the other double-jeopardy   
   possession charge. But at the next release hearing, they again   
   hadn't forwarded all the documentation so he couldn't be   
   released.   
      
   5 days later, he had third hearing and this time they had all   
   the documentation necessary to release him.   
      
   Looks like they extorted his renouncement by withholding the   
   documentation and then reneged on part of the deal making him   
   do almost 3 more weeks.   
      
   Gee, maybe he should renege on the deal too?   
      
   Just file his Application for Leave to Appeal and let the   
   Crown introduce the Renouncement Letter proving their   
   coercion. Har har har. And if they don't use the Renouncement,   
   no one's going to complain about him reneging.   
      
   I don't think this is over. They really should have kept the   
   deal. Holding back his documentation to keep him in jail to   
   get their deal and then make him do an extra 3 weeks was a   
   really stupid move. Hope they pissed him off enough he'll want   
   to renege and dare them to tell the Superme Court of the   
   Renouncement they extorted by bureaucratic delays.   
      
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