After a hearing last fall, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has upheld a jury's guilty verdict against Adam Picard for the first-degree murder of Fouad Nayel in June 2012 — the latest salvo in a case that was taken all the way to the Supreme Court.

Crown: Adam Picard murdered drug dealer for 8 kilos of pot

The file stood out for the effect that a landmark court ruling in 2016 had on it. Known as the Jordan decision or 11(b), the ruling protects the rights of people accused of crimes to get to trial within a reasonable time.

The shooting murder over a large amount of cannabis took place in June 2012 and Picard was arrested in December that year. From there, it took four years to get to trial in November 2016.

On top of institutional delays, Picard had fired his defence counsel and the

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