Joseph Armand DesRoches
Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
Personal details
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Miscouche, Prince Edward Island
EducationBachelor of Arts (1963)
Bachelor of Laws (1966)
Alma materDalhousie University

Joseph Armand DesRoches is a former Canadian judge of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island.[1][2] In 2001, DesRoches became the first chief justice of Prince Edward Island with Acadian heritage.[3]

History

In 1967, DesRoches began his legal career with a firm in Summerside, Prince Edward Island named Campbell and Campbell. DesRoches relocated to Ottawa in 1969 where he joined the military legal system and became deputy judge advocate general within the Courts-martial of Canada.[4]

DesRoches was appointed to the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island in July 1991.[5][6] In August 2001, DesRoches was appointed chief justice.[7]

DesRoches retired in 2004.[4] DesRoches has continued to do interviews and discuss legal issues in the media following his retirement.[8]

Notable trials

DesRoches delivered judgment in R. v Matheson in 1992, whose 1994 appeal has been cited in more than sixty subsequent cases.[lower-alpha 1][9][10] DesRoches also delivered sentence at the Trial of Roger Charles Bell, also known as the P.E.I. Bomber in 1997.[11] DesRoches sentenced Bell to 10 years in prison.

Notes

  1. ↑ Although DesRoches did not judge the 1994 appeal, DesRoches' 1992 judgment was quoted multiple times in the 1994 appeal.

References

  1. ↑ "Bilingual Judge For P.E.I." The Montreal Gazette. July 11, 1991. p. B1.
  2. ↑ Bronskill, Jim (August 30, 1997). "U.S.-style Selection Pitched For Canada's Top-Court Judges". The Edmonton Journal. p. B15.
  3. ↑ Ryder, Ron (September 27, 2001). "Armand DesRoches sworn in to head P.E.I. Supreme Court Trial Division: Chief Justice DesRoches, who becomes Prince Edward Island's first Acadian chief justice, was sworn in by Appeal Division Justice Gerard Mitchell". The Guardian. Charlottetown. p. A3.
  4. 1 2 "Chief justice of Prince Edward Island Supreme Court Trial Division retiring". The Canadian Press. March 15, 2004.
  5. ↑ Day, Jim (July 6, 2002). "Well judged: Armand DesRoches has progressed from humble beginnings to the top post of the Trial Division of Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island". The Guardian. Charlottetown. p. A1.
  6. ↑ "School Fight Going to Supreme Court". The Montreal Gazette. November 20, 1998. p. A12.
  7. ↑ Schmitz, Christin (October 15, 2001). "Program Lets Journalists, Judges Teach Each Other". The Ottawa Citizen. p. A8.
  8. ↑ Naumetz, Tim (July 4, 2007). "Slain Judge Was Key Player In 2002 Inquiry That Rocked 2002 Hells Angels Trial". The Ottawa Citizen.
  9. ↑ DesRoches, J. Armand (August 24, 1992). "R. v. Matheson, 1992 CanLII 2845 (PE SCTD)". The Canadian Legal Information Institute.
  10. ↑ McLachlin, Beverley (September 29, 1994). "R. v. Matheson, 1994 CanLII 67 (SCC), [1994] 3 SCR 328". The Canadian Legal Information Institute.
  11. ↑ "P.E.I. Bomber Jailed 10 Years". The Ottawa Citizen. July 1, 1997. p. A13.
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