advice from duty counsel right away. Latimer argued this contradicted Bartle. However, Saskatchewan happened to have different hours during which one could make a free telephone call to directly obtain duty counsel. The arrest occurred at a time when it was not available; therefore the right established in Bartle was inapplicable in this case, as it would have been of no use. Still, the Supreme Court ordered a new trial. As the Court wrote, the Crown counsel's actions during jury selection "were nothing short of a flagrant abuse of process and interference with the administration of justice". The justice system demanded justice and transparency, and the trial was lacking in this regard. References External links Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms case law Disability rights Supreme Court of Canada cases 1997 in Canadian case law Euthanasia law Canadian criminal case law