Sonne Fails to Toss Evidence Based on Warrant Irregularities

The judge in the Byron Sonne explosives possession trial dismissed Sonne’s request to toss all of the evidence based on inaccuracies in the original search warrant that led to the discovery of bomb-making chemicals in Sonne’s home.

From the TorontoSun here:

The judge dismissed a motion by Sonne’s lawyer to have evidence obtained from two search warrants of his home tossed out.

If Spies had decided to quash the warrants, it would have resulted in a good deal of evidence — including chemicals found that could be used for making explosives — against Sonne being scratched from his impending trial.

Sonne, a 39-year-old computer geek with a long-standing interest in security, has pleaded not guilty to four charges of possessing explosive substances and one of counselling others to commit mischief.

“We were hoping for a better result,” dad Bue Sonne said. “But we really don’t understand so we’d rather not comment.”

Next the defense will try to get the computer forensics evidence tossed out, which will, of course, also fail. The problem with pro-bono lawyers is, you get what you pay for.

Checking twitter, I find that more of his supporters are on the wrong side of the law, one of which has a court order to stay away from the prosecutor.