Law360 Canada ( July 28, 2021, 5:42 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the accused from conviction for trafficking in cannabis. In 2015, he sold marihuana and derivative products to customers permitted to possess them pursuant to a valid medical authorization. The appellant dismissed counsel before trial and represented himself. On the third day of trial, the appellant notified the judge that he wished to offer no defence and that he wished to abandon his motions relating to entrapment, officially induced error and abuse of process. Instead, he stated, he wished to proceed with only the constitutional challenge and the s. 601 motion to quash the information. The motion was dismissed. The judge granted the Crown’s application to dismiss the constitutional challenge summarily. The appellant argued that the trial judge failed to provide him with the assistance he required and to which he was entitled as a self-represented accused. He argued the judge’s failure to provide him with sufficient assistance to enable him to present his case properly compromised the trial’s fairness and gave rise to a miscarriage of justice. The appellant argued the trial unfolded in a procedurally complex manner that obviously confused and seriously prejudiced him. The judge thus should have sought clarification on certain matters and provided more extensive guidance than he did. ...