Digest: R v Maier, 2018 SKPC 21

Reported as: 2018 SKPC 21

Docket Number: PC17111 , 24451671

Court: Provincial Court

Date: 2018-03-23

Judges:

• Morgan

Subjects:

• Criminal Law � Controlled Drugs and Substances Act � Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Criminal Law � Conspiracy

Digest: The accused was charged, along with one or more co-accused, as a result of a police investigation of drug trafficking in Saskatoon. The charges were that the accused conspired with two others to commit the indictable offence of trafficking cocaine and of trafficking marijuana, contrary to s. 465(1)(c) of the Criminal Code and possession of cocaine and marijuana for the purposes of trafficking. The Crown submitted evidence of numerous text messages and meetings between the accused and the two co-accused that showed a clear agreement that they were selling drugs and that the accused was in either joint or constructive possession of the drugs that were found in the residence of one of the co-accused....