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Reputed neo Nazi charged with Calgary murder drafting Charter challenge
By Kevin Martin, Postmedia Network
One of two purported white supremacists charged with murdering a Calgary man will make an unspecified Charter challenge in advance of his trial next spring.
Tyler William Sturrup appeared briefly in Court of queen’s Bench Friday to set deadline dates for written briefs for his constitutional challenge.
Crown prosecutor Susan Karpa told Justice Suzanne Bensler specific dates needed to be set to ensure defence counsel Tonii Roulston could proceed with her Charter application in March.
The first of those dates, Dec. 6, will be for Roulston to file a “skeleton” Charter notice to the Crown, so Karpa can review it in advance of a pre-trial conference the following day, she told Bensler.
A completed notice will be filed with the court by the end of December with Roulston given until Jan. 31 to file her written argument.
Karpa will have until Feb. 28 to produce her written reply in advance of oral arguments during pre-trial motions on March 24.
The heavily tattooed Sturrup, 27, did not address the court during his brief appearance.
Sturrup is charged along with a second man, Robert David Reitmeier, with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Mark Mariani on Oct. 3, 2010.
Mariani, 47, was found dead in an alley on 16 Ave. N.W. in what police said was a random killing.
Police said following their arrests there was no belief any affiliations the pair might have with white pride groups played a role in the killing.
Sturrup’s trial is scheduled to begin April 22.
Reitmeier, whom the Crown is prosecuting separately, will stand trial beginning Nov. 4, 2013.
Both men remain in custody pending resolution of the case.
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