A man who repeatedly told a judge he wants to plead guilty to breaching court orders has been told he will have to wait. Kevin Koehler is accused of consuming alcohol and failing to report an intimate relationship — both terms of a judicial supervision order put in place after he completed a prison sentence. Koehler was released in October 2025 after serving a 12-year sentence for manslaughter in the 2013 death of his roommate, Mary Anne May. This is the second time he has admitted to not following the order. While he pleaded guilty in the first incident and served a jail sentence, this time Koehler has repeatedly refused to get a lawyer or speak to duty counsel. He has been in jail since his arrest on the breach allegations in mid-April. During a court appearance on Tuesday, Koehler said he would plead guilty to the two counts, but also insisted he does not feel he should be bound by the judicial supervision order. The Crown indicated it will seek a sentence of 12 months less time served on this latest breach, plus three years probation and an extension of the judicial supervision order by another two years. Justice Dominque Kennedy noted that this is an uncommon case given the judicial supervision order and the request to extend it. She added that while Koehler has repeatedly refused the help of a lawyer, an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” could present the other side. Koehler was told sentencing will have to wait while the judge drafts the order and a person to fill the role is found. Koehler is due back in court at the end of July for an update on that process and, if an amicus curiae has been appointed, to set a sentencing date.
