Haunted death: Judge clears man in friend’s fatality

He may have been cleared of all criminal responsibility in the traffic death of his buddy, but a Calgary man is still haunted by his loss. "Jesse's still gone," the accused said yesterday, moments after being cleared of failing a breathalyzer following a crash which triggered Jesse Eugene Roberts' death. "I deal with that every day." Justice Patrick Sullivan said he believed the accused evidence that he consumed a six-pack of beer and one shot of whiskey in the hours ...

Judge clears driver in fatal crash

The accused walked away from court Monday free of legal encumbrances after being acquitted of drunk driving in connection with an accident that claimed the life of his passenger and close friend. There remains, however, an albatross around the 25-year-old man's neck that may never be shed. "Every day . . . the worst is when I'm at work and when I'm driving down the road, especially where the accident happened," the accused said when asked about the impact of ...

Accused walks in car death: Reasonable doubt, says judge

Two trials and four years later, justice has still not been met for a Coalhurst father. The accused, his eyes clouded with unshed tears; was stunned when a Calgary judge found the accused not guilty of three charges stemming from the August 1993 collision that killed his pregnant daughter. Patricia Rose Goldade was killed in a two-vehicle collision Aug. 28, 1993 at the intersection of 5 Avenue and 23 Street North. She was 28 years old and five months pregnant. ...

Appeal rattles victim’s family: Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted of impaired driving

Shocked members of a dead Lethbridge woman's family say they have lost faith in the justice system after the man convicted in her death was granted a new trial by the Alberta Court of Appeals Monday. The accused, 40, was sentenced to four years in prison in May 1995 for impaired driving causing the death of the victim. He has been free pending the appeal. The victim, 28 and five months pregnant, was killed Aug. 28, 1993 at the intersection ...

Defence says statements inadmissible at accused’s retrial

A judge will likely rule today whether three incriminating statements given to police by a man accused of impaired driving causing death four years ago are admissible at his retrial. The accused, 41, is being re-tried on charges of impaired driving causing death, criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving. The accused was convicted in May 1995 of impaired driving causing the death of the victim in a collision in north Lethbridge in August 1993. He was sentenced to four ...

Accused’s statements ruled inadmissible

A judge has ruled two of three incriminating statements, made to Lethbridge police officers hours after a fatal vehicle collision in August 1993, will not be admissible in the re-trial of the accused. Mr. Justice Art Lutz of Calgary ruled Wednesday the two statements, given to Const. Darcy James hours after a collision in north Lethbridge killed a pregnant Lethbridge woman early Aug. 28, 1993, were made in violation of the accused's rights. However, a statement by the accused to ...

Woman cleared in crash

A woman charged with careless driving in connection with a fatal highway crash has been found not guilty. The accused, 55, was critically injured in the Nov. 19, 2003, collision that killed Ingrid McCormick. McCormick was driving a Chevrolet Astro van eastbound on Highway 8 near Range Road 31 when it collided with the accused minibus headed in the other direction. McCormick, a mother of three, was driving to her teaching job at a northwest Calgary junior high school when ...