Serious errors by defence counsel — including revealing that a Crown witness was in witness protection and informing the jury of the accused's guilty plea to a related charge — do not give rise to a substantial miscarriage of justice where the prosecution case is so overwhelming that conviction was inevitable. A sentencing judge who sentences on the factual basis that the offender trafficked a large commercial quantity when only charged with trafficking a commercial quantity commits specific error requiring resentencing.
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