By Canadian Press

MURDER APPEAL

Convicted murderer appeals for a second time

Jul 26, 2019 | 7:38 AM

CALGARY- A Calgary man who was convicted for a second time in the death of a University of Calgary student has appealed for a second time.

Mitchell Harkes was convicted in May of the second-degree murder of 20-year-old Brett Wiese, who was fatally stabbed in the back at a party in January 2013.

The 26-year-old was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years in June.

Harkes filed a notice of appeal Wednesday claiming that the trial judged erred in his charge to the jury.

It’s the second time Harkes has appealed a second-degree murder conviction.

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In 2015, he successfully appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeal also over errors in the judge’s instructions to the jury and got the new trial.

Harkes remains in prison at the Bowden Institution.

(CTV Calgary-Canadian Press)