A high-profile impaired driving trial in Saskatoon has been delayed following a previous adjournment.
Taylor Kennedy is charged with impaired driving in the 2021 death of 8-year-old Baeleigh Maurice. Kennedy struck and killed Baeleigh when she was crossing a cross-walk in the city on her scooter.
The trial, which was scheduled for this past October, was adjourned as the court was trying to determine whether an admission Kennedy gave a police officer following the incident was admissible in court.
Kennedy had told a police officer she had used mushrooms and cannabis the day before the incident, however, she was not read her rights before the admission. Something her defense lawyers argued breached her Charter rights.
On Monday morning in a Saskatoon courtroom, the matter, which was scheduled to resume, was delayed again.
The main issue was a late disclosure of evidence from the Crown, on the Charter rights issue, which came in late Friday afternoon.
The defense argued they didn’t have time to prepare for the new disclosure and asked for an adjournment.
Judge Jane Wootten granted the defense their request adjourning the matter to a later date.
Lawyers are scheduled to reconvene Monday afternoon for the sole purpose of scheduling another date for the matter to continue.
At the next date the Crown will present all of its evidence on the Charter rights issue and lawyers will make oral arguments on the matter.
The family of Baeleigh Maurice declined to comment on the delay in proceedings.