Criminal Law
Munyonzwe Hamalengwa has defended all types of cases including murder, arson, fraud, theft, shoplifting, robbery, assaults, impaired driving, public mischief, etc. at both trial and appeal levels.
Between January 2006 and May 2007, Mr. Hamalengwa represented Richard Wills, a police officer who was charged with 1st degree murder of his girlfriend.
The following are some of the pre-trial motions and judicial rulings involved in the case:
R.v. Wills No. 02/07131, On Sup. Court of Justice, May 11, 2007- Justice J.R. McIsaac's Reasons., Ruling on bail application.
29/05/2006- RULING: (Application to Sit at Counsel Table)
22/06/2006- RULING: (Application for Disclosure re: Direct Indictment)
31/07/2006- RULING: Video Recording of Mr. Wills in Court
01/08/2006 -RULING: Admissibility of Statements of February 2002
01/08/2006 -RULING: Admissibility of Statements of February 2002
20/09/2006 -RULING: Admissibility of Statement of June, 7 2002
20/09/2006 -RULING: Admissibility of Statement of June, 7 2002
27/09/2006 -RULING: Application to Admit Preliminary Hearing
Evidence of Shirley Rochement
11/10/2006 -RULING: Admissibility of Statement of October 11 and 12,
23/10/2006 -RULING: Voluntariness of Protected Statements
24/11/2006 -RULING: Application to Adduce Utterance of the Deceased
25/01/2007 -RULING: Application to Adduce Hearsay Statement of Normand Wills
10/01/2007 -RULING: Unreasonable Delay
23/01/2007 -RULING: Applications for Change of Venue and Challenge
01/02/2007 -RULING on Production Requests
01/02/2007 -RULING on Application for Exhumation
05/02/2007 -RULING on Application for Bail Review
06/02/2007 -RULING on Application to Cross-Examine Witnesses
Young Offenders:
R. v. R.(A.), 2007 ONCJ 131 (CanLII) - 2007-03-05
Ontario - Ontario Court of Justice
young person - custodial sentence - firearm - circumstances of the offence - peer
Sexual Assault:
R. v. Manfred Ewang, ONCJ -2007-02-21