Charge: Sex Assault; Uttering Threats (x2). Issue: Whether, given the information we urged Crown to consider, it was in the public interest to proceed with the prosecution. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown Counsel to stay both criminal charges upon our client entering into a s. 810 “Peace Bond”. No criminal record. […]
Charge: Theft/Fraud Over $5000. Issue: Whether our client would be sentenced to jail for this breach of trust theft of $20,000. Result: Based on the rehabilitative steps our client had taken prior to trial, Mr. Mines was acle to persuade the Crown to agree to a joint submission for a Conditional Sentence Order with a […]
Nelson Hart, a Newfoundland man accused of murdering his twin 3 year old daughters, has been granted a new trial after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the police improperly obtained his confession through a controversial police technique known as a “Mr. Big” sting operation. In this type of investigation, undercover police officers will […]
Charge: Theft Under $5000 (from employer). Issue: Given the circumstances of the offence and the exceptional rehabilative steps our client had taken, whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the criminal charge. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown Counsel to allow our client into the Alternative Measures program and to […]
Charge: Assault with a Weapon; Uttering a Threat (domestic). Issue: Given the rehabilitative steps our client had taken, whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the criminal charges. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown Counsel to stay both charges. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault; Mischief (x2); participating in a Riot. Issue: Whether our client would be sententeced to the 6 to 8 month jail sentence sought by the Crown. Result: We were able to persuade Crown Counsel that our client’s role in the Stanley Cup Riot did not include a serious assault. After hearing Mr. Mines’ submissions, […]
Lawyers that provide Legal Aid representation to clients in Vancouver criminal courts have taken action to withdraw their services this month. Legal Aid lawyers will not be taking on any new cases until early August. Further job action will be taken beginning the first week of October and the plan is to withdraw all legal […]
Charge: Assault with a Weapon; Threatening (domestic). Issue: Given the rehabilitative steps our client had taken, whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the criminal charges. Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown counsel to stay both charges. No criminal record.
“The Times, they are a Changin”….. It’s quite a different political and cultural landscape since Marc Emery, the self stylized “Prince of Pot” was sentenced over four years ago in the United States for distribution of drugs – marijuana seeds. Colorado and Washington are two U.S. states that have beat Canada to the punch by recently […]
Charge: Public Mischief; Obstructing Police. Issue: Whether our client would be charged for providing a false/misleading statement to police. Result: We were able to provide a new statement to police on our client’s behalf. File concluded with no criminal charges being forwarded.
Charge: Assault. Issue: Whether there was a public interest in proceeding with the criminal charge. Result: We were able to persuade Crown Counsel to not approve any charge upon our client completing Alternative Measures. No criminal record.
Charge: Theft; Possess Break-in Instruments; Breach of Bail; Failure to Appear. Issue: Whether there was a public interest in proceeding with the criminal charges. Result: We were able to persuade Crown counsel to enter stays of proceedings on all charges. No criminal record.
