Armand DesRoches

Joseph Armand DesRoches is a former Canadian judge of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. In 2001, DesRoches became the first chief justice of Prince Edward Island with Acadian heritage.

History In 1967, DesRoches began his legal career with a firm in Summerside, Prince Edward Island named Campbell and Campbell. DesRoches relocated to Ottawa in 1969 where he joined the military legal system and became deputy judge advocate general within the Courts-martial of Canada. In August 2001, DesRoches was appointed chief justice.

DesRoches retired in 2004. DesRoches has continued to do interviews and discuss legal issues in the media following his retirement.

Notable trials DesRoches delivered judgment in R. v Matheson in 1992, whose 1994 appeal has been cited in more than sixty subsequent cases. DesRoches also delivered sentence at the Trial of Roger Charles Bell, also known as the P.E.I. Bomber in 1997. DesRoches sentenced Bell to 10 years in prison.