Saskatchewan ‘freeborn’ man tries to opt out of drug trafficking trial [Video]

A Saskatchewan man has tried to convince a King’s Bench judge of his right to opt out of legal proceedings as a “natural, freeborn, sovereign individual.”

Michael Vincent MacGregor was arrested on Jan. 11, 2023 following an investigation in which police seized more than a kilogram of fentanyl, a loaded, stolen, sawed off shotgun and a large sum of cash, according to a Regina Police Service news release. He was 43 years old at the time of the arrest.

MacGregor faces an indictment of five counts, including possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime, and several firearms charges.

In September, Justice Michael Tochor says MacGregor filed a bizarre document with the subject line “Withdrawal of Consent and Opting Out of Legal Proceedings.”

MacGregor’s filing claims he’s not “to be governed by any statutes, rules or legal processes,” and says he doesn’t “recognize the …