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Saskatoon judge rules on drug-use statements in Taylor Kennedy voir dire

Saskatoon judge rules on drug-use statements in Taylor Kennedy voir dire

Global News
Friday, June 7, 2024 10:01 PM GMT

Judge Jane Wooten said she is skeptical that Kennedy felt she had the statutory duty to disclose her prior drug use before official questioning.  

A Saskatoon judge decided on Friday that statements made at a tragic crime scene in 2021 were completely voluntary, moving Taylor Kennedy’s case forward.

Kennedy is charged with THC-impaired driving causing death after nine-year-old Baeleigh Maurice was killed by a pickup truck while riding her scooter across a crosswalk in September 2021.

At the crime scene, Kennedy told police she consumed marijuana and mushrooms the night prior, volunteering the information before police conducted any official questioning.

The statement prompted an oral swab for THC from a drug recognition expert.

During the defence’s closing case in April, Kennedy’s lawyer Thomas Hynes said her comments were compelled by police before she was read her rights and that Kennedy thought she was required to give statements by law.

He said her comments and confession of drug use should not be held against her.

Crown prosecutor Michael Pilon argued officers on scene didn’t ask Kennedy about drug consumption until after she had willingly given up the information on her own.

He said that based on transcripts and officer testimonies, at no point did police tell Kennedy she was required to answer questions. Pilon argued Kennedy told police everything she did because she felt a morale obligation to do so, not because she was compelled by police.

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