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Day. The Court of Appeal gives the ruling date as October 30, 2014.
Earliest source on this page: Court of Appeal for Ontario, May 19, 2023, 8 years, 7 months later.
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The trial judge ruled that a 231-slide presentation summarizing the cell phone evidence could go into the jury room. The defence objected. Both appeal courts later found no reversible error in this ruling.
What the sources say
On October 30, 2014, after the defence submissions had been completed, the trial judge ruled that the would go to the jury room, following the 's closing submissions, due to the complexity of the cell phone evidence. He later allowed the defence to give four charts that they had prepared to the jury.
ConfirmedCourt of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Pan, 2023 ONCA 362, May 19, 2023, para. 111Decision ↗
The presentation, prepared by the Ontario Provincial Police, was a 231-slide PowerPoint first disclosed to the court and the defence on July 11, 2014. It referred to over 400 calls, almost 100 text exchanges, and over 250 individual text messages.
ConfirmedCourt of Appeal for Ontario, R. v. Pan, 2023 ONCA 362, May 19, 2023, paras. 105 to 107Decision ↗
There was no reversible error in the trial judge's approach to the .
ConfirmedSupreme Court of Canada, R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12, April 10, 2025, para. 5Decision ↗