R v Steinwand

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, ntca, 2025nwtca8, 2025 nwtca 8 (canlii), 2025, nwtca, 8, (canlii), a-1-ap-2023-000015, 2025, procedure, mootness, discretion to hear moot appeal, whether appeal should be heard after crown stayed charges, borowski v canada factors applied, public interest and complete record, guidance sought on preliminary inquiry jurisdiction under criminal code, adversarial context maintained, appeal heard despite mootness, statutory interpretation, criminal procedure, preliminary inquiry provisions, interpretation of criminal code ss. 535, 536(4) and 548 after 2019 amendments, meaning of “any other indictable offence in respect of the same transaction”, text, context, and parliamentary intent considered, archambault and chabot discussed, interpretation adopted, appeal allowed, procedure, preliminary inquiry, jurisdiction, whether preliminary inquiry judge may discharge charged indictable offences punishable by less than 14 years, scope limited to offences part of same transaction founded on facts disclosed by evidence on triggering offence, discharge power under criminal code s. 548(1)(b) addressed, jurisdiction confirmed on these facts, appeal allowed, procedure, judicial review, certiorari and mandamus, whether chambers judge erred in quashing preliminary inquiry discharges and directing committal, limited review for jurisdictional errors noted, russell cited, correctness applied to criminal code interpretation, chambers decision set aside, appeal allowed