EDMONTON - An Alberta judge whose tardiness lead to a retrial in a high-profile assault conviction has been cleared of wrongdoing by the province's judicial council.
The council says no further action will be taken against Brad Kerby, who tried Leo Teskey for a vicious assault on an Edmonton apartment caretaker that left the victim in a near-vegetative state.
Although Kerby's reasons for his decision were later overturned, they still met the legal standard for judicial reasoning, the council says.
It also says there is no evidence that Kerby was unbiased or committed any other judicial misconduct.
Kerby took eleven months to issue his written reasons for conviction after Teskey's trial and was heavily criticized by the Supreme Court for the delay.
Teskey was granted a new trial, which is slated to begin December 10.
