There have been some strange events lately at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. One judge ruled on a case he never heard, about a complicated real estate deal gone bad. Odd though this was all by itself, it might have seemed especially so to another judge who heard arguments in that case, but never took part in the decision.
On Wednesday, the Post asked to see the court’s file, but was not given access until Thursday, by which time the file had been purged of several documents, including anything else that might explain what had gone wrong or why. “We already have procedures in place to prevent such mistakes and regret the inconvenience and additional costs caused by this unusual occurrence to the parties,” Debnath said.
The file also includes the court’s copy of the mystery judgment, with the handwritten signature and that curious “I agree.” It is not legible as a full name — sort of a stylized D and then a horizontal line — but it is identified on the title page as the signature of Justice David Paciocco. The court’s ruling does not name him, but says the judgment “was signed, in error, by another justice who was not a member of the panel that heard the appeal.
Not criminally responsible can be determined without ant evidence, etc. Like the rental van mass murderer. Had no idea what he was doing when he rented it, drove off road all over the sidewalk picking targets. No ideas at all...