Sask. woman charged in fatal THC-driving case had Charter rights violated, defence says
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The lawyer representing a woman who struck and killed a child while driving says a number of her Charter rights were violated.
Nine-year-old Baeleigh Maurice was going to school on Sept. 9, 2021, pushing her scooter at a 33rd Street West crosswalk, when she was it by a truck.
The driver, Taylor Kennedy, is the first person in Saskatchewan to be charged for causing a death while driving under the influence of THC. At the crash scene, Kennedy told police she smoked weed and micro-dosed magic mushrooms the day prior.
As the voir dire — a trial within the trial that determines which evidence is admissible — resumed Thursday, Kennedy's lawyer Thomas Hynes argued his client was psychologically detained by police at the crash site.
Hynes said Kennedy was a “minority” at the scene because she was a young woman surrounded by armed police officers. He said an officer was with her at all times and that “all eyes” were on her.
