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The Calgary suspect within the deadly capturing of a former faculty basketball star will face a five-week trial starting subsequent April 3.
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Jesse Michael Martinez appeared remotely in Calgary Court docket of Queen’s Bench Friday the place Crown and defence attorneys set down the dates for his decide alone trial.
Martinez, 35, who didn’t handle courtroom through the temporary continuing, appeared through video hyperlink from the Medication Hat Remand Centre the place he’s at present housed.
Each Crown prosecutor Ken McCaffrey and defence counsel Paul Moreau instructed courtroom that 4 weeks can be required for the trial, however as a result of the interval they had been taking a look at subsequent April included the Good Friday and Easter Monday holidays, Justice Glen Poelman urged they ebook 5 weeks.
Consequently the case may finish as late as Might 5, though Moreau stated it’s doable with sure admissions the trial may very well be achieved earlier.
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Martinez was arrested final Oct. 21, after a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest after investigators recognized him as a suspect within the capturing loss of life of John Smith Jr.
Martinez is charged with second-degree homicide in reference to Smith’s deadly capturing.
Police stated the sufferer was leaving the Junction Underground together with his girlfriend and a feminine good friend when two males outdoors the membership made undesirable sexual advances towards the 2 girls.
They stated it was believed Smith, 31, intervened and an altercation occurred ending with him being fatally shot.
Smith, initially from Lacey, Wash., had moved to Calgary to play basketball for the Southern Alberta Institute of Expertise’s (SAIT) Trojan basketball group.
Smith performed guard for the Trojans and was at all times among the many group’s high scorers and was a one-time most precious participant.
If convicted as charged, Martinez would face an automated life time period with parole ineligibility to be set at between 10 an 25 years.
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