Every Defence Case Review
A selection of legal cases, both ours and other attorneys’, demonstrating the successful use of defences against criminal charges.
With over 25 years experience, Norm and Marcus have successfully defended hundreds of fraud cases. Accomplished trial lawyers, Marcus and Norm will carefully assess your case and argue for every defence available to you, including defences under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Charges DismissedDangerous DrivingFlight from PoliceIdentification
R. v. M.N. – Identification of offender not proven
Our client was charged with Flight from Police and Dangerous Driving. He was accused of going close to 200 km/hr on a motorcycle and, when the police tried to pull him over, fleeing at an even higher rate of speed and evading the police officer who was in pursuit. The police officer noted the licence plate number but was unable to identify the rider. At trial, the Crown Attorney had to rely entirely on circumstantial
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Charges DismissedIdentificationOur CaseRobbery
R. v. M.R – Identification of offender not proven, Charges Dismissed
Our client was charged with robbing a man of his wallet in an alleyway. It was alleged that our client had befriended the victim in a bar and that when they went outside for a cigarette together, our client threatened and assaulted the victim and stole his wallet. Our client’s health card was found by the victim in the ground in the alleyway where the robbery had taken place shortly after the assailant was said
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AssaultDomestic AssaultNot GuiltyOur Case
R. v G.B. – Reasonable doubt re: self-defence
Our client was charged with several domestic related assaults that his girlfriend alleged had occurred over the course of a couple of months. At trial, our client testified that any physical altercations with his girlfriend were the result of his girlfriend having been the aggressor and that any force he used was done for the purpose of defending himself. We also called witnesses who testified about they dynamic of the relationship and that, on several
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Assault Bodily HarmOur CaseSelf Defence
R. v. D.T. – Reasonable doubt re: self-defence
Our client was charged with assault bodily harm after it was alleged that while at a party, our client hit a man in the face with a glass that resulted in serious injuries. At trial, our client testified that his friend had invited him to a party and that while he was socializing, one of the partygoers accused our client of flirting with his girlfriend. This man, along with his friends, surrounded our client in
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Care or Control not ProvenCharges DismissedImpaired DrivingOur Case
R. v. D.V – Driving not proven, Charges Dismissed
A vehicle registered to our client was involved in a collisions with another vehicle. The driver of the vehicle drove away from the accident scene without stopping to give her name and address or checking to see if anyone had been injured or appeared to need assistance. A short while later the police attended at our client’s address where they observed her damaged vehicle parked outside. The police spoke with our client who admitted that
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Care or Control not ProvenCharges DismissedImpaired DrivingOur Case
R. v. E.W. – Care or control not proven, Charge Dismissed
Our client was charged with Care or Control of a Motor Vehicle while Impaired by Alcohol. Shortly after last call, on a cold winter night, the police observed a motor vehicle parked in a parking lot outside a bar, with the engine running and the windows fogged up. The police knocked on the window and our client rolled down his window. It appeared to the officers like our client had just woken up. They smelled
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Care or Control not ProvenCharges DismissedImpaired DrivingOur Case
R. v. V.R. — Care or control not proven, charges dismissed
Our client was charged with Care or Control of a Motor Vehicle while Impaired by Alcohol. On a Sunday evening, a homeowner called 911 to report that across the street from his house, someone appeared to be passed out in the driver’s seat of a car with loud music playing on what was normally a quiet residential street. The homeowner claimed that he was concerned that the occupant of the vehicle may be suffering from
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BAC over legal limit not provenCharges DismissedImpaired DrivingOur Case
R. v. R.M — Driving over the legal limit charges dismissed
Our client was charged was charged with driving over the legal limit. His breath test results showed that his blood alcohol concentration was over two and a half times the legal limit. At trial, the breath technician testified that our client provided breath samples, the result of which were 220 mg per 100 ml of blood. At trial, we successfully argued that the Crown had not proven the our client was over the legal limit
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BAC over legal limit not provenCharges DismissedImpaired DrivingOur Case
R. v. M.H — Driving Over the Legal Limit Charges Dismissed Due to Requirements not Being Met
Our client was charged with driving over the legal limit. She was at a fast food drive though when the restaurant employee called the police to report that they believed they were dealing with an impaired driver. The police arrived a short while later and spoke to our client. They smelled alcohol on her breath and demanded that she provide a breath sample into an approved screening device (a roadside breathalyzer). A few minutes later,
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