Court of Appeal decision spotlights constitutionality of legislation authorizing wiretaps

By John L. Hill (October 3, 2023, 9:55 AM EDT) -- Temorshah Hafizi’s son was being investigated for the fatal stabbing of a man outside an Ottawa nightclub in January 2012. The son was ultimately convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. But it was the wiretaps involved in that investigation that would implicate the father in drug dealing and ultimately raise a constitutional concern to be resolved by a five-judge panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal on Sept. 28 (R. v. Hafizi 2023 ONCA 639)....