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R. vs. S.C. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Driving While Prohibited. Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with this charge that carries a mandatory 12 month driving prohibition. Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown counsel to proceed on the lesser offence of driving without a licence. The trial judge sentenced our client to a $300 fine and […]

R. vs. M.G. – Surrey Provincial Court

Charge: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (Cocaine, Heroin, etc.) Issue: Whether police lawfully searched our client and the interior of his car. Result: Mr. Mines was able to steer our client through the investigation, which concluded with no charge being recommended.

D.C. vs. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles

Charge: Notice of Intent to Prohibit Driving. Issue: Whether it would be possible to extend the time to dispute a violation ticket that caused the notice of driving prohibition to be issued. Result: Mr. Mines was able to get the conviction removed from our client’s driving record. Without that conviction, the Superintendent withdrew the Intent […]

N. A. vs. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles

Charge: 90 Day Administrative Driving Prohibition. Issue: Whether the police officer had made a lawful breath demand. Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade the adjudicator that our client had no obligation to comply with a breath demand that was not authorized by the Criminal Code. The driving prohibition was revoked. All fees and penalties […]

R. vs. R.R. – Surrey Provincial Court

Charge: Obstruct Police; Resist Arrest. Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to prosecute our client who was extremely uncooperative with police during their impaired driving investigation of him. Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown counsel to let our client into the Alternative Measures program. This ended the prosecution. No criminal record.

R. vs. C.L. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Assault Causing Bodily Harm. Issue: Given the rehabilitative steps our client had taken under our direction, whether a jail sentence would be the appropriate sentence. Result: Notwithstanding that our client fractured the complainant’s cheekbone, Mr. Mines was able to persude Crown counsel to make a joint submission to the court for a conditional discharge […]

R. vs. K.D. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Driving while prohibited. Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the charge. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown counsel to proceed on the lesser offence of Driving Without a Valid License. Rather than a mandatory one year driving prohibition, our client was sentenced to a $300 fine. No […]

R. vs. M.M. – ICBC Investigation

Charge: Fraud; Misrepresentation. Issue: Given our client’s remorse and cooperation, whether there was a public interest in proceeding with a criminal charge. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to steer our client through the investigation and was able to persuade the investigator to not forward any charges to Crown counsel. No criminal record.

R. vs. R.L. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Theft Under $5000. Issue: Given the circumstances of the offence and the rehabilitative steps our client had taken, whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the charge. Result: Mr. Johnson persuaded Crown counsel to allow our client into the Alternative Measures program and to stay the charge. No criminal record.