THUNDER BAY – Lawyers for a man charged in a December 2012 homicide are challenging a judge’s ruling to stand trial for second-degree murder.
Jeffrey Morris Kakegamic, who is accused of killing 48-year-old Martin Fabian Achneepineskum, appeared before Superior Court Justice Helen Pierce at the Thunder Bay Courthouse on Tuesday. His lawyers argue that evidence presented during a previous preliminary hearing does not support a murder charge.
A publication ban on all evidence introduced during the preliminary hearing still stands.
Kakegamic was charged after the death of Achneepineskum on Dec. 2, 2012 at the victim’s McIntyre Street home. At the time police said the two were known to each other and that alcohol was a factor.
A preliminary hearing was held last summer before Ontario Court Justice Joyce Pelletier, which led her to commit Kakegamic to stand trial on the second-degree murder count as she ruled there was enough evidence a jury could reasonably infer guilt.
None of the charges have been proven in court.
Pierce is expected to deliver her decision on the application on March 24.
