Appeal court upholds Leo Teskey's dangerous offender designation

The Alberta Court of Appeal has turned down a request by Leo Teskey to remove his dangerous offender designation.

On Friday, Teskey, 44, asked the threejudges to change his designation to a long-term offender which would affectthe length of his sentence.

Dangerous offenders are incarcerated indefinitely. Long-term offenders are subject to long-term supervision orders that can extend to a maximum of ten years after time is served in prison.

Teskey was given the designation when he was sentenced for the November 2000 attack on Dougald Miller. Miller, an Edmonton building manager, was beaten so savagely that he was left in a permanent vegetative state.

Teskeys lawyer argued on Friday that delays in his client's first trial tainted the subsequent 14 years of court proceedings.

However, the panel rejected this argument and dismissed the appeal.

The National Parole Board denied Teskey full or day parole at a hearing in April. The board found that Teskey presentedtoo high a risk to society to be released.