 He presided over the trial of a prominent Hell's Angels member in 1993, and considered the question of whether a "Winnipeg Sun" reporter had a right to protect a confidential source.He determined that he would not charge the reporter with contempt of court for refusing to divulge the source, and instead asked the provincial Attorney General to review the matter.In 1992, Kennedy ruled that it was not a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to sentence a defendant to six months in jail for failure to pay parking tickets.