Docket

39006

Randy Desmond Riley v. Her Majesty the Queen

(Nova Scotia) (Criminal) (As of Right / By Leave)

Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.

Proceedings

Date	Proceeding	Filed By (if applicable)
2021-03-19	Appeal closed
2020-11-26	Transcript received, 50 pages
2020-11-10	Discontinuance of the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form)	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-11-04	Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2020-11-04	Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2020-11-03	Judgment on the appeal rendered, Ka Côt Br Mar Kas, The appeal from the judgment of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Number CAC 475857, 2019 NSCA 94, dated December 5, 2019, was heard on November 3, 2020, and the Court on that day delivered the following judgment orally: KARAKATSANIS J. — We are all of the view that the appeal should be allowed, for the reasons of Scanlan J.A. in the Court of Appeal. The appeal is allowed, the convictions are quashed and a new trial is ordered on the charges of second degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. As a result, it is unnecessary to hear the application for leave to appeal. Allowed
2020-11-03	Hearing of the appeal, 2020-11-03, Ka Côt Br Mar Kas Judgment rendered
2020-10-29	Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version filed on 2020-10-29)	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-10-28	Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), (Printed version filed on 2020-10-28)	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-10-23	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, appellant, by the Deputy Registrar, Re: attend hearing via Zoom
2020-10-20	Correspondence received from, Lynn Watt, by email, Re: confirms that respondent does not object to appellant attending hearing via ZOOM	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-10-20	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), James A. Gumpert, Q.C. and Melanie Perry will appear before the Court on behalf of the Respondent (HMTQ). Mr. Gumpert will present oral argument at the hearing.	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-10-19	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Lee V. Seshagiri and Roger A. Burrill will appear before the Court on behalf of the Appellant/Applicant (Riley). Mr. Seshagiri will present oral argument at the hearing.	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-10-15	Supplemental document, (Letter Form), Reply to the response of the AMENDED application for leave to appeal., (Printed version filed on 2020-10-29)	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-10-09	Supplemental document, (Letter Form), Response to the AMENDED application for leave to appeal., (Printed version filed on 2020-10-09)	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-09-21	Correspondence received from, Lee V. Seshagiri, Re: request to attend Zoom hearing	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-09-11	Supplemental document, (Book Form), AMENDED Application for Leave to Appeal, (Printed version filed on 2020-10-09)	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-09-11	Supplemental document, (Book Form), Supplemental Book of Authorities, Completed on: 2020-09-11	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-09-11	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), RE: Supplemental Book of Authorities and Amended Application for Leave to Appeal	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-09-02	Notice of hearing sent to parties
2020-08-25	Appeal hearing scheduled, 2020-11-03, (Previously scheduled on May 22, 2020) Judgment rendered
2020-07-14	Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Notice of appeal – As of right), (by email to all parties on July 15, 2020)
2020-06-03	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2020-08-31)	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-06-03	Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2020-06-03, (Printed version filed on 2020-10-09)	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-05-15	Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2020-05-15	Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2020-05-14	Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The motion for an extension of time to serve and file the application for leave to appeal is granted. An oral hearing of the application for leave to appeal is ordered in accordance with s. 43(1.2) of the Supreme Court Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. S-26. The oral hearing of the application for leave to appeal will be heard with the appeal as of right. The hearing date will be fixed by the Registrar. Oral hearing ordered
2020-05-14	Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, See decision on application Granted
2020-04-14	All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2020-04-14	Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, for consideration by the Court
2020-03-31	Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Letter Form), Applicant will not be submitting a reply., Completed on: 2020-03-31	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-03-31	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form)	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-03-31	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2020-03-31	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-03-11	Notice of hearing sent to parties
2020-03-02	Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
2020-03-02	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form)	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-03-02	Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal, (Included in the application for leave to appeal), Completed on: 2020-03-02	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-03-02	Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Amended Application for Leave to Appeal filed on September 11, 2020., Completed on: 2020-03-02	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-03-02	Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form)	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-03-02	Appellant's record, (Book Form), (11 volumes), Completed on: 2020-03-02	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-03-02	Appellant's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2020-03-02	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-03-02	Appellant's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2020-03-02	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-01-23	Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Notice of appeal – As of right)
2020-01-20	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), RE: Appeal Scheduling and delay times.	Her Majesty the Queen
2020-01-09	Letter acknowledging receipt of a notice of appeal, FILE OPENED 01/09/20
2020-01-06	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form)	Randy Desmond Riley
2020-01-06	Notice of appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2020-01-06	Randy Desmond Riley