Charge: Theft Under $5000 (from employer). Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with a criminal charge. Result: Our client made restitution to the complainant and, in the circumstances, Mr. Mines was able to persuade police to treat the case as a civil file. No criminal charges were forwarded. No criminal record.
Charge: Posession of Child Pornography; Luring a Child. Issue: Even though police concluded that no charges would be forwarded to Crown counsel, our client remained classified as a “suspect” and the incident was therefore viewable as a Police Information Record. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade police that our client was not, in law, […]
Charge: Assault with a Weapon (domestic). Issue: Whether there was a substantial likelihood of a conviction. Result: After considering Mr. Mines’ submissions, Crown agreed that there was no substantial likelihood of a conviction. Stay of Proceedings. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault with a Weapon; Forcible Confinement. Issue: Whether there was a substantial likelihood of a conviction. Result: After considering Mr. Mines’ submissions, Crown Counsel agreed that its case was weak and there was no substantial likelihood that our client would be convicted. Stay of Proceedings. No criminal record.
Charge: Driving While Prohibited (MVA). Issue: Whether our client would be sentenced to the mandatory minimum 12 month driving prohibition. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown counsel to proceed on the lesser charge of Driving without a Valid License. The court imposed a $500 fine. No driving prohibition.
I have dealt with B.C. lawyers for forty years in every professional capacity. Michael Mines, Mines and Company Law, stands above the rest and is to be commended for providing me (and my family) with prompt, professional and proficient defence in a complex white collar criminal case involving accusations over a decade ago including, but […]
The Harper Government’s latest plan to “get tough on crime” will be introduced to Parliament next week. What with an election brewing, the Tories have come up with another down home, folksy angle on appearing to be the only federal party prepared to save Canada from “the most heinous offenders”. The new legislation proposes that […]
Charge: Review of 90 day Administrative Driving Prohibition. Issue: Whether the investigating police officer had complied with the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Act. Result: Upon considering Mr. Mines’ submissions, the adjudicator agreed that the police report to the Superintendent was flawed. In the result, the driving prohibition was revoked and our client was permitted […]
Charge: Possession of a controlled substance. Issue: Whether the marijuhana was possesed for the purpose of trafficking or was for personal use. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown that the 5 ounces of marijuhana was for personal use and, given our client’s circumstances, to allow him into the Alternative Measures Program. No criminal […]
Recently the Supreme Court of Canada released its long awaited, much debated and surely controversial judgement on physician assisted suicide (Carter v. Attorney General of Canada, 2015 SCC 5 (“Carter”). In the decision, a unanimous Court overruled their 1993 decision in Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General) ([1993] 3 S.C.R. 519) and ruled that the […]
Charge: Assault (domestic). Issue: Whether there was a substantial likelihood of a conviction. Result: Based on the complainant’s initial inconsistent statement, Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown counsel to not proceed with the charge. Stay of proceedings. No criminal record.
Charge: Theft Under $5000; Fraud Under $5000 (from employer). Issue: Whether a jail sentence was warranted in the circumstances. Result: Despite having a prior record for a similar offence, our client took rehabilitatve steps which allowed us to persuade Crown counsel to not seek jail. After hearing Mr. Mines’ submissions, the court granted her a […]
