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F.B. was charged with second-degree murder. F.B. got into an argument with the deceased at a party. At the end of the evening, F.B. approached the deceased while the deceased was sitting in a car before leaving the party. They had a heated argument. A third party approached F.B. and the deceased and began to attempt to rob the deceased of his jewellery. Unexpectedly, the third party pulled out a gun and shot the deceased. The police suspected F.B.’s friend was the shooter. Both were charged with second-degree murder. F.B. hired Christopher Assié to represent him. At the preliminary inquiry, Christopher Assié was able to undermine the reliability of the eyewitness evidence and demonstrated to the court that there was no evidence on which a reasonable jury properly instructed could find that F.B. was a party to the offence of murder or any other offence. The judge agreed and F.B. was discharged at the preliminary inquiry and will not have to go to trial.