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Client acquitted of manslaughter after six days of deliberation in the death of a Don jail inmate. The client was originally charged with second degree murder, but Defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger was able to have the client discharged at the preliminary hearing of second degree murder and committed to trial only on one count of manslaughter. Joseph Neuberger represented S.M. at trial and extensively cross-examined the two main Crown witnesses with the focus on disproving identity as a perpetrator and if any role was played by S.M. in the homicide, the role was so minor in nature as to not be a significant cause of the death of the inmate. After approximately two month trial, S.M. was found not guilty.
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