R v Fiddler

Decided: 2026-10-27. Docket: 2503-0179A. Citation: 2026 ABCA 344 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Appeals — Application to appoint counsel — Criminal Code, s. 684 — Whether publicly funded counsel should be assigned for conviction and sentence appeal — Discretionary criteria include insufficient means and interests of justice — Arguable merit not established — Application dismissed | Procedure — Criminal appeal process — Appointment of counsel — Criminal Code, s. 684 — Whether interests of justice supported assigning publicly funded counsel — Discretionary criteria applied, including insufficiency of means, arguable merit, broader societal concerns, complexity — Applicant could not meet arguable merit criterion — Application dismissed | Criminal and statutory offences — Jury cha