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Criminal Harassment

Criminal Harassment Memo   Thoughts on Sillipp and related harassment Cases I was able to look up a number of cases that cited Sillipp, and

The Intoxilyzer

Operating the Breath Instrument (Intoxilyzer) Correctly   An excellent decision was provided by Judge Higgerty in Edson, Alberta. The defence counsel in the case was

Expert Witness

Expert Witnesses   A recent case I found to be very troubling. Thankfully, the judge made the right decision and refused to allow the evidence

Alcohol

Taking Samples — Impaired Driving Case Comment R. v. Cole 2015 SKPC 109 A recent Saskatchewan Provincial Court decision applies some very important law concerning

Pretext Stops

The “real” reason for the stop (pretext stops) In Canada, Police are given generous police power when stopping motor vehicles. For example, they are allowed

Detention

Psychological Detention R. v. Wong 2015 OJ No 5049 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms says “everyone has the right on arrest or detention 

Pat-Down Searches

Pat-Down Search Until 2004 the scope of police powers regarding their authority to do pat-down searches was uncertain. In fact, as a law student I

Defence of Intoxication

The Defence of Intoxication For most crimes, the fact that a person voluntarily consumed alcohol/drugs  and became so drunk that they did not intend to

Refusing to provide a breath sample

Refusing to Provide a Breath Sample When stopped by police and asked to provide a breath sample into an approved screening device, should you comply?

Citizen’s Arrest

R. v. Fitl 2015 AJ No 985 This is a case I conducted. The accused was acquitted after drug evidence was excluded. The accused was

Search Warrants

I often have Edmonton clients who advise me that they have their premises searched but are not shown a copy of the search warrant when