David James Oliynyk full-time member of the White Rock Hell's Angels sentenced to 18 years
David James Oliynyk appealed his 2005 conviction on a number of counts, including how the police identified him by voice while he transported by car between Vancouver International Airport and the Chilliwack RCMP detachment in July, 2001. The trial judge had found Oliynyk and Joseph Elwood Roger Lepage, who was arrested at home in Kelowna, guilty and sentenced them to 18 and 12 years, respectively. A third suspect was also found guilty during the same trial in 2005 but was not part of this appeal. The three-person appellate court panel dismissed his appeal and that of Lepage on March 28. The two fought their convictions for conspiracy to traffic and import cocaine for different reasons, most notably the manner in which police made voice identifications against them."There was no attempt by the police to elicit information about the crimes from the appellants, nor could there be any doubt on the part of these appellants that they were conversing with police officers. The voice iden...