Law360 Canada ( November 16, 2017, 8:34 AM EST) -- Appeal by the accused, Farnsworth, from a conviction for possession of a vehicle obtained by fraud. An agreed statement of facts included an admission by the accused that police found him in possession of a vehicle and its keys, and that the vehicle had been fraudulently acquired from a rental car agency by a third party. The accused was convicted by a judge sitting alone. The trial judge found that the accused was in recent possession of the fraudulently obtained vehicle, and inferred from that fact that the accused either knew the vehicle was stolen, or that he possessed it without the owner’s consent. The accused appealed on the basis the trial judge misapplied the doctrine of recent possession and thus rendered an unreasonable verdict....