A Nova Scotia man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a 19-year-old woman is taking his appeal to the country’s highest court.
The Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service says Christopher Alexander Falconer has filed a leave to appeal to the Supreme Court Canada.
Falconer was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Kirwan in January 2014 and is serving a life sentence.
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He was not successful in appealing his conviction with the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
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At the time, his lawyer argued that the jury received confused instructions on how to interpret key evidence.
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Kirwan disappeared from downtown New Glasgow on October 8th, 2011, after a night out with friends and her remains were found in a muddy grave off a logging road almost a month later.
Falconer’s guilty verdict came after a jury heard evidence for 15 days in Pictou Supreme Court in 2014.
The trial involved a lengthy list of witnesses who knew both Kirwan and Falconer, text messages, cellphone data, toxicology reports and D-N-A evidence.
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