Law360 Canada ( November 1, 2021, 9:09 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the accused, Steadman, from a conviction for first degree murder. The accused was an American citizen who assumed the identity of a missing person from British Columbia and used the alias while living and working in Alberta. He had a relationship with the victim’s former common-law partner that ended two weeks prior to the victim’s disappearance. The accused blamed the victim for the relationship’s breakdown. The victim was a limousine driver whose vehicle was found burning in a parkade. The victim’s blood was found in the driver’s seat and the back-seat area. The victim’s remains were found in a wooded area one year later with damage apparently inflicted by a knife. Video footage showed that an individual hid in a dumpster near the victim’s workplace. The accused’s hat and a knife sheath were found in the vicinity. Surveillance footage appeared to show the accused running from the parkade where the victim’s vehicle was found. Bus records showed that a passenger using the accused’s known alias travelled from Calgary to Edmonton that day. Thereafter, the accused emptied his bank account and obtained cash advances. His vehicle was found in Vancouver, and his jet ski was found in Washington state. He was eventually arrested in Seattle. The accused was convicted following a jury trial. Germane to the appeal was the fact that the trial judge rejected the accused’s request for Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) relief based on his submission that his time in custody in Vancouver following his extradition to Canada constituted an arbitrary detention. Additionally, the trial judge rejected the accused’s submission that he was not tried within a reasonable time. The accused appealed....