Law360 Canada ( February 8, 2019, 2:14 PM EST) -- Appeal by Bird from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal setting aside his acquittal on the charge of breaching the residency condition imposed on him by the Parole Board of Canada (Parole Board) under a long-term supervision order (LTSO). Bird was found to be a long-term offender and received a sentence comprised of a prison term and a period of long-term supervision in the community. Less than a month after the supervision commenced, Bird breached the residency condition and was charged under s. 753.3(1) of the Criminal Code. Bird defended the charge at trial on the basis that the residency condition of his LTSO was not within the Parole Board’s statutory authority and violated his rights guaranteed by s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter). The trial judge accepted this argument and acquitted Bird, finding that the residency condition was invalid. On appeal, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan unanimously rejected this finding, entered a conviction and remitted the matter to the Provincial Court for sentencing. The appeal required the Court to revisit the Maybrun framework and to decide whether Bird could collaterally attack the residency condition imposed by the Parole Board on his LTSO in defending against a criminal charge of having breached that condition....