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The adult suspect in the slaying of a Calgary teen won’t know until at least the end of July whether he’ll be ordered to stand trial.
Crown prosecutors Vicki Faulkner and Jo-Ann Munn Gafuik finished calling evidence in the accused’s preliminary inquiry on Wednesday.
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But because the prosecutors and defence lawyer Andrea Urquhart will be providing written submissions to Justice Karen Molle, a decision in the case won’t be made until at least July 29, when oral arguments will be presented to the judge.
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The accused, and his younger brother, are charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Danillo Canales Glenn.
Glenn, 18, was fatally stabbed last Sept. 5, at a basketball court on Copperstone Rd. S.E. Police said Glenn was there with two friends when two individuals approached him and, following a brief altercation, he was killed.
Both Urquhart’s client and his 16-year-old brother were later charged with second-degree murder.
Under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the younger accused can’t be identified. Naming his older brother would breach that provision.
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In December, defence counsel Alain Hepner, who represents the younger brother, scheduled a two-week Calgary Court of King’s Bench trial for his client to be heard next month, before a judge sitting without a jury.
While the adult brother must be tried in the higher court, if Molle finds there is evidence for a committal, Hepner had the option of choosing to have his client tried by a youth court judge, or a King’s Bench judge sitting with, or without a jury.
At an earlier court appearance for the youth, Faulkner filed notice the Crown would be seeking an adult sentence if the younger brother is convicted.
Both brothers remain detained in custody pending a resolution to their cases.
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