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A lawyer for serial killer Cody Legebokoff on Wednesday criticized the conduct of the trial judge in the high-profile case and argued it amounted to a miscarriage of justice that should result in a new trial.

In September 2014, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Legebokoff guilty of four counts of first-degree murder.

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Court heard that the accused had killed four women in a 14-month period, from October 2009 to November, 2010, when he was arrested.

Justice Glen Parrett, who has since retired, imposed the mandatory sentence of life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years on Legebokoff, then 24.

In his submissions before a three-judge panel of the B.C Court of Appeal, lawyer Eric Gottardi said that the issue on appeal did not relate to the outcome since there was “overwhelming” evidence against his client and thus it was a “slam dunk” verdict.

Gottardi took issue with a written ruling released by Parrett after the sentencing and in relation to a pre-trial decision in 2012 not to grant Legebokoff a change of venue for the trial due to the publicity surrounding the case.