Case information

Extradition — Committal hearings — Admissibility of wiretap evidence — Motions to exclude intercepted private communications and to invoke sixth step in review process set out in R. v. Garofoli, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1421 — Whether sixth step is available to person sought for extradition during committal hearing where judicial consideration of redacted information is necessary to determine informant reliability — Whether committal judge reviewing authorizations to intercept private communications that were granted based on confidential informants’ information must assign negative weight to criminal histories of confidential informers and contradictions in their information — What is the meaning of corroboration in a Garofoli application where there are multiple unsavory informants, sources of information are redacted, and informants provide nearly identical information?

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The United States of America seeks to extradite Mr. Fraser to face trial in California for conduct that corresponds to conspiracy to traffic in marihuana and trafficking in marihuana. Mr. Fraser applied for an order excluding evidence in the Record of the Case and for a review and summary of redacted information. The committal judge dismissed the applications and committed Mr. Fraser into custody. The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from the committal order.