Crown will appeal acquittal of alleged drunk driver Crown attorneys in Newfoundland and Labrador will appeal court decisions that led to the acquittal of a man accused of drunk driving causing death. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 10, 2021 4:13 PM NT | Last Updated: February 10 Nicholas Villeneuve leaves a courtroom in Gander's provincial court after being acquitted earlier this month. (Garrett Barry/CBC) Crown attorneys will appeal the court decisions that led to the acquittal of an accused drunk driver in central Newfoundland. Lloyd Strickland, Newfoundland and Labrador's director of public prosecutions, said in a media release Wednesday that Crown lawyers had "identified legal errors" in pre-trial decisions that constrained the prosecution's case against Nicholas Villeneuve.