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38877

Jeffrey Kompon v. Her Majesty the Queen

(Ontario) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2020-03-13 Close file on Leave
2020-03-06 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2020-03-06 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2020-03-05 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C64484, 2019 ONCA 600, dated July 15, 2019, is dismissed.
Dismissed
2020-01-27 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2019-11-19 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form) Her Majesty the Queen
2019-11-19 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2019-11-19 Her Majesty the Queen
2019-11-18 Letter acknowledging receipt of an incomplete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2019-11-18
2019-09-30 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23A Jeffrey Kompon
2019-09-30 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), MISSING: Amended notice of application (rec'd 2019-10-24), TC order; CA order missing-rec'd 2020/01/24, Completed on: 2020-01-28 Jeffrey Kompon

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Kompon, Jeffrey Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Her Majesty the Queen Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Kompon, Jeffrey

Counsel
Names
Frank Addario
James Foy
Contact information
Addario Law Group LLP
171 John Street
Suite 101
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1X3
Telephone: (416) 649-5063
FAX: (866) 714-1196
Email: faddario@addario.ca
Agent
Name
Colleen Bauman
Contact information
Goldblatt Partners LLP
500-30 Metcalfe St.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5L4
Telephone: (613) 482-2463
FAX: (613) 235-3041
Email: cbauman@goldblattpartners.com

Party: Her Majesty the Queen

Counsel
Names
Lisa D. Mathews
Bradley Reitz
Contact information
Attorney General of Canada
Exchange Tower - P.O. Box 36
3500 - 130 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5X 1E1
Telephone: (416) 457-2019
FAX: (416) 952-2116
Email: lisa.mathews@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca
Agent
Name
François Lacasse
Contact information
Director of Public Prosecutions of Canada
160 Elgin Street
12th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (613) 957-4770
FAX: (613) 941-7865
Email: francois.lacasse@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca

Summary

Keywords

Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Right to be tried within a reasonable time — Criminal law —Trial — Relevance of court’s contribution to delay under the Jordan framework — Whether institutional delay is relevant once case is deemed to be complex — Whether 30 month or 18 month presumptive ceiling applies?

Summary

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Mr. Kompon and thirteen co-accused were charged with counts for conspiring to import cocaine, laundering proceeds of crime and participating in a criminal organization. Crown counsel originally indicated intent to hold a preliminary hearing but, thirteen months after arrest and before the preliminary hearing, Crown counsel preferred a direct indictment. Mr. Kompon and other co-accused applied to the Superior Court of Justice to stay the proceedings for breach of the right to be tried within a reasonable time guaranteed by s. 11(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The motions judge dismissed the applications, applying a 30 month presumptive ceiling, and finding delay beyond the ceiling was attributable to the exceptional circumstance of the complexity of the case. Mr. Kompon was convicted. The Court of Appeal dismissed a joint appeal from the dismissal of the s. 11(b) applications.

Lower court rulings

November 25, 2016
Ontario Superior Court of Justice

2016 ONSC 7284, 4355/15

Application to dismiss trial proceedings for unreasonable delay dismissed

July 15, 2019
Court of Appeal for Ontario

2019 ONCA 600, C64484

Appeal dismissed

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-02-27