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Appeal from conviction for stunt driving granted and new trial ordered. At trial, the accused put forward a defence of necessity to justify why he was going 216 kilometers per hour on the 401. The trial judge rejected applied the wrong legal test in convicting the accused. Christopher Assie was retained to conduct the appeal. The appeal court agreed with the defence position that the trial judge had applied the wrong legal test and overturned the conviction. A new trial was ordered.