Ex-judge convicted of killing his wife trying to obtain his release

Former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, left, walks into court with his granddaughter Anne Sophie Morency, Thursday, June 14, 2012 in Quebec City. A lawyer for Delisle is in a Montreal courtroom Wednesday trying to obtain his client's release.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

July 04, 2012 - 1:40 PM

MONTREAL - A lawyer for a former judge convicted of murdering his wife is in a Montreal courtroom today trying to obtain his client's release.

Jacques Delisle was found guilty by a jury last month of shooting Nicole Rainville to death in 2009.

The 77-year-old Delisle is believed to be the first Canadian judge to be convicted of first-degree murder.

Lawyer Jacques Larochelle told the Quebec Court of Appeal that his client should be released pending an appeal of the conviction.

Larochelle is arguing that Delisle is not a flight risk, is not a danger to reoffend, that he had a blemish-free past and that he took care of Rainville for years.

Delisle's trial heard that Rainville was suffering from partial paralysis and that the accused wanted to move in with his mistress.

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