Walker Appeals Murder Conviction

Even though I believe that Kim Walker committed a crime when he murdered James Hayward, I do agree that the judge made an error when she instructed the jury that they had to find Walker guilty. I just hope that when all is said and done, Walker will still be found guilty.

According to his notice of appeal filed Friday in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, Walker is appealing on the grounds that the trial judge erred in law in not placing the defence of self-defence before the jury for consideration.

Walker is also appealing on the grounds that Pritchard erred in instructing the jury to return a conviction only on one of three charges, that she failed to instruct the jury that it could return a verdict of not guilty and that she erred in not granting the defence motion for a mistrial after failing to instruct the jury that it could return a verdict of not guilty.

This case has resulted in a flood of LTE's in Saskatchewan newspapers and is very controversial. Links to the LTE's are here, here, here, here, here, here, here and one by yours truly.