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Criminal Law

Selwyn has provided representation to persons charged with various criminal offenses including domestic assault, sexual assault, robbery, drug offences, weapons offences, firearms offences, theft, fraud, break & enter, attempted murder, murder, regulatory offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, professional disciplinary offences, and conspiracy offences.

Selwyn has also been involved in major gang trials including representing urban youths charged in "Project Green Apple", "Project XXX" and "Project Kryptic", which are some of Canada's largest Criminal Organization prosecutions.

Selwyn is co-counsel in the world's first-ever sexual HIV transmission murder trial of Johnson Aziga in Hamilton, Ontario that begins on October 6th 2008. Mr. Aziga is charged with two counts of first degree murder and thirteen counts of aggravated assault.

Selwyn is a member of Legal Aid Ontario Criminal Panel and the Extremely Serious Criminal Matters Panel.

Selwyn has also successfully challenged police scripting of persons arrested under questionable circumstances.

Reported cases include:

• R. v. Murle; 2007 CarswellOnt 7772 (OCJ).
• R. v. Brooks; 2007 CarswellOnt 7396 (SCJ).
• R. v. Egonu, 2007 CanLII 30475 (ON S.C.)
• R. v. Egonu 2007 CarswellOnt 5700 (SCJ).
• R. v. Egonu, 2007 CanLII 30475 (ON S.C.).
• R. v. Steele 2007 CarswellOnt 3011 (SCJ).
• R. v. Steele 2007 CarswellOnt 3045 (SCJ).
• R. v. Egonu 2007 CarswellOnt 1985 (SCJ).
• R. v. Steele 2007 CarswellOnt 1193 (SCJ).
• R. v. Egonu 2007 CarswellOnt 1273 (SCJ).
• R. v. Steele 2006 CarswellOnt 8492 (SCJ).
• . v. Steele 2006 CarswellOnt 7994 (SCJ).
• R. v. Egonu 2006 CarswellOnt 7470 (SCJ).
• R. v. Bell [2006] O.J. No. 3396 (CA).
• R. v. Roach [2005] O.J. No. 5278 (SCJ).
• R. v. Francis (assault - absolute discharge).
• R. v. Ekuban [2006] O.J. No. 2415 (SCJ).
• R. v. Cox et al. 2005 WL 2883047 (Ont. CJ.)

Selwyn also provided representation in Bail hearings for serious criminal matters: R. v. Cox et al. 2005 WL 2883047 (Ont. C.J.), 2005 CarswellOnt 6313; R. v. Ekuban [2006] O.J. No. 2415 (fraud); R. v. Egonu [2006] O.J. No. 2921 (firearms); R. v. Farquharson (firearms); R. v. Rodriguez (assault); R. v. Smith (aggravated assault); R. v. Hope (Sexual Assault); R. v. Boston (Domestic Assault).

He has a passion for civil liberties and has been involved in cases involving anti-poverty protesters.