Dennis Oland's bail appeal date set for Oct. 31 by Supreme Court
48-year-old in custody since conviction on Dec. 19, 2015
The Supreme Court has set Oct. 31 as the date it will hear Dennis Oland's appeal of a New Brunswick court decision not to grant him bail while he appeals his second-degree murder conviction.
Oland, 48, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 10 years after being convicted of second-degree murder in the 2011 bludgeoning death of his father, multimillionaire Saint John businessman Richard Oland.
Oland has been in custody since being found guilty on Dec. 19, 2015, after a three-month trial in the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench.
The conviction is being appealed to the New Brunswick Court of Appeal and is scheduled to be heard beginning Oct. 18, provided a transcript of the trial is prepared by then.
Oland also filed a motion to be released on bail pending the hearing and the decision in the appeal. But Court of Appeal Justice J.C. Marc Richard denied the motion, stating "the confidence of the public in the administration of justice would be undermined" if a convicted murder were to be released pending appeal.
Richard's decision was later upheld by a three-justice panel of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal.
Oland's lawyers filed an appeal with the Supreme Court and were granted leave on June 30.