The lawyer representing a nurse accused of removing a woman from life support without permission questioned the testimony of Deanna Leblanc's husband.

During cross-examination on Monday, the defence challenged Mike Leblanc suggesting nurse Joanna Flynn recommended to him that he wait on making a decision on whether to remove his wife from life support.

"Ms. Flynn suggested to you that you sleep on your decision?" asked defence lawyer Samantha Peeris. Leblanc replied by saying “no.”

Leblanc insisted he never asked Flynn to shut off his wife's life support, but did give consent by nodding or saying OK when she asked because he felt like he didn't have a choice.

The defence also suggested that Flynn told Leblanc "to revisit it with the doctor in the morning."

"No, I don't believe so," he responded.

"You indicated to Ms. Flynn that you didn't want to wait until tomorrow morning." Leblanc said, "I didn't indicate that."

"You indicated that nothing was going to change," Peeris said. Again, Leblanc said, "No I didn't."

"Ms. Flynn said, ‘don't you think you need more time to think about it’ and you said ‘no, I'm sure."

"No," Leblanc told the court.

Leblanc was rushed to Georgian Bay General Hospital in the morning of March 2, 2014 with a medical complication two days after having knee surgery in Newmarket. She was on life support in the intensive care unit and died that evening.

The Crown alleges Flynn over stepped her role as a nurse by turning off Leblanc's life support without a doctor's order and coerced her husband for consent.

The defence also suggested that other physicians and nurses at the hospital told Leblanc his wife suffered brain damage and would not recover. However, Leblanc testified he believed doctors were doing all they could to help his wife and were still trying to determine what was wrong.

He told the court that hospital staff told him that Deanna, "was young and strong and not to give up hope."

Leblanc testified he didn't report Flynn's conduct to the hospital because, at the time, he believed there was no wrong doing.

That would change when police contacted him after his wife's death and an investigation was launched.

The trial continues Tuesday with testimony from more of Leblanc's family.