Law360 Canada ( October 24, 2024, 4:44 PM EDT) -- Appeal by Salmon from his convictions on a multi-count indictment. He argued that the reviewing judge erred in dismissing his pre-trial motion alleging breach of his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”). The police obtained search warrants for Salmon's condo unit and his vehicle. In his condo, they found an empty gun box, ammunition magazine, cash, and keys to a Kia vehicle. They seized the Kia from the parking lot and obtained a warrant to search it, finding a loaded handgun, drugs, and drug paraphernalia. The appellant was charged with two co-accused on a multi-count indictment for various drugs and firearms offences. He was sentenced to six and a half years in prison less 13 months' credit for pre-sentence custody. He challenged the validity of search warrants for his condo unit and vehicle, alleging a breach of his Charter rights. He brought a pre-trial motion alleging various breaches. The reviewing judge dismissed the motion, finding reasonable grounds for the search warrants and no violation of the appellant's reasonable expectation of privacy. Salmon argued that the reviewing judge erred in failing to excise the CCTV surveillance information and there were insufficient grounds to justify the warrants. He contended that the alleged errors by the reviewing judge were sufficient to exclude the evidence seized by the police and allow his appeal against the convictions....