R v McLeod

Decided: 2026-09-25. Docket: AR25-30-10292. Citation: 2026 MBCA 80 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Appeal — Convictions — Aggravated assault and break and enter a dwelling-house and commit the indictable offence of robbery with a firearm — Accused appealed convictions after Provincial Court trial — Grounds focused on fairness and evidentiary assessment — Convictions upheld on appeal — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Judicial impartiality — Reasonable apprehension of bias — Trial judge confirming, at the outset of trial, the status of the charges of the co-accused on the same information — Whether this procedural inquiry invoked perceived bias under Yukon Francophone School Board v Yukon and R v S (RD) — No bias found — Appeal dismissed | Evidence — Jury warnings — Vetrovec warni