Beating Criminal Charges - Miscellaneous Experiences

R v. S (2024, OCJ Bradford)
Background

Client was charged with causing a disturbance because he had been drunk and was yelling at people passing by and would not stop when confronted by police. It was further complicated by the fact that the client had just previously been charged by the same police force for uttering threats against the police for which he had received a conditional discharge after completing alcohol counselling.

Strategy

None the less I was still able to convince the Crown Attorney that he should be allowed to do some additional counselling and once completed, the charges were withdrawn.

Decision/Outcome

The charges were withdrawn.

R v. N. (2022, OCJ Sudbury)
Background

The client was charged with criminal harassment in relation to her ex-partner and father of their child. She had sent text messages in regards to their son and he went to the police and claimed criminal harassment because his new girlfriend was extremely jealous of the client.

Strategy

I was able to not only show to the crown attorney that the charge of criminal harassment was improper but also that the police should be investigating the complainant for making a false statement to police and for tax evasion. Charges were withdrawn against my client and the complainant was ultimately charged by police.

R v. P and R v. L (2022, OCJ Milton)
Background

Both clients were charged with breaking into a golf course pro shop, stealing golf equipment and later putting it up for sale.

Decision/Outcome

Both clients cooperated with the investigation and returned the stolen items and paid restitution for the items that could not be returned. Both clients did volunteer hours and wrote letters of apology and the charges were withdrawn.

R v. S (2022, Bradford OCJ)
Background

Client was charged with public mischief and 3 counts of uttering threats. The client had been intoxicated and called the police to say that his ex-wife had shown up at the house with her new partner and had brandished a knife, which was not true. Police attended and tried to calm the client down but he threatened the police officers.

Strategy

I had the client attend for counselling including alcohol counselling and ultimately he was allowed to plead guilty to 1 count of uttering threats and the crown attorney agreed to a conditional discharge. He is a truck driver who drives to the United States and could not afford to have a criminal record or would have lost his job. The crown attorney had originally been seeking 3 to 4 months in jail.

R v. P (2022, OCJ Brampton)
Background

Client was charged with mischief to property. He was driving with his daughter and was trying to enter his parking lot when he was partially blocked by anti-abortion protestors. He lost his cool and jumped out of the car, yelled at the protestors and smashed their signs, all of which was captured on video.

Strategy

I arranged for the client to attend some counselling on how to deal with such issues more appropriately in the future, provided that report to the crown attorney and the charge was withdrawn.

R v. C (2021, OCJ Guelph)
Background

The client was charged with obstructing police during an investigation. The client was pulled over by the police and was quite argumentative about why he had been pulled over and was refusing to provide any documentation to police. He then rolled up his window in the presence of the police officer at which time the police officer smashed the driver’s side window with his baton and reached in and turned off the car ignition.

Strategy

I convinced the crown attorney that the actions of the police were extreme and unwarranted and the crown attorney agreed to withdraw the criminal charge after the client plead guilty to failing to identify himself under the highway traffic act and received a $200 fine.

R v. S (2019, OCJ Brampton)
Background

Client was charged with criminal harassment and a breach of recognizance and subsequently breach of probation because of ongoing unwanted contact with his ex-wife. Client had found it extremely difficult to accept that his wife and mother of his two children had left him for a much younger man who she met at the gym and he just kept calling her and leaving messages despite repeated warnings and charges.

Decision/Outcome

On the first set of charges he received a suspended sentence and probation following some intensive up-front counselling. Unfortunately he was charged with breaching his probation order just 2 months later but with further counselling and following a judicial pre-trial, everyone was in agreement that the ex-wife was being inconsistent with respect to whether or not she wanted contact, especially in relation to the children and so on the breach of probation the client received 30 days house arrest.

R v. G (2019, OCJ Orangeville)
Background

Client was charged with obstructing a police officer because he had gotten into a car accident and fled the scene and then gave false information to the police. He was young and immature and panicked but once I received the disclosure from the crown attorney, including the accident report, it was clearly possible that the accident was not my client’s fault.

Strategy

I provided a report to the crown attorney outlining some of the personal issues my client was experiencing at the time and the criminal charges were withdrawn and he was found guilty of failing to report an accident under the Highway Traffic Act.

R v. H (2019, OCJ Brampton)
Background

Client was charged with criminal harassment and later breach of his conditions. The complainant alleged that my client was following her and showing up at her workplace and generally making her feel uncomfortable. Through requests I was able to get further clarification on when my client was supposed to be at certain locations and doing the harassing and was then able to pull video surveillance that was time stamped from my client’s workplace to show that he was at work and could not have been in the locations that this woman was complaining he was at.

Decision/Outcome

Once I showed those to the crown attorney, all charges were withdrawn.

R v. Various (2021 to 2023)
Background

There were 8 clients charged with the offence of mischief to property between 2021 and 2023.

Strategy

In all 8 situations I was able to convince the crown attorney to withdraw the charges with some clients signing peace bonds and some simply being withdrawn.

2014-2015 Other Criminal Offences **6 Cases**
All 6 cases resulted in no criminal record

R. v. A.R. - Breach of Probation
Background

charged by his ex-girlfriend with contacting her by e-mail when his probation order said that he could not contact her. The e-mails came from an anonymous address. She also had photos of him in his car in what she said was her work location parking lot and she was alleging he had come to her workplace.

Strategy

I subpoenaed the security videos from the client's condo parking garage to show that on the day in question his car entered the parking garage at 8am and did not leave again until 11pm. In addition to that, the ex-girlfriend was complaining that he had visited her workplace at the end of November and yet the photographs showed that all the leaves were still on the trees.

Decision/Outcome

after seeing the camera footage from the parking garage and listening to my comments about the leaves on the trees, the charge was withdrawn.

R. v. V. N. - 2 provincial offences re: animal cruelty
Background

he was charged with animal cruelty for trying to export birds to Trinidad he was attempting to do this on his own because the last time he took the birds and had them in proper carriers when he arrived in Trinidad they said all the birds had died but he was convinced the authorities had simply stolen the birds.

Strategy

to convince the Crown that the charges laid did not meet the criteria. There was 1 charge that did apply, which was a regulatory offence and did not involve any admission of potentially causing harm to his birds.

Decision/Outcome

he received a $100 fine. All birds were safe and not in any way injured.

R. v. K.M. - Possession of Stolen Property
Decision/Outcome

Charges withdrawn

R. v. H.U. - Uttering Threats
Decision/Outcome

Plea to uttering threats, absolute discharge

R. v. M.B. – Extortion
Decision/Outcome

Plea to mischief - the Crowns initial position was 6 months in jail because the client had threatened to post nude pictures of a girl on the school website.

I was able to show that he was immature and had limited language skills and was trying to adjust to a new country after his mother died. His father found him a job and he was receiving counselling and so the crown agreed to a conditional discharge with probation 1 year.

No criminal record

R. v. D. B. – Mischief
Decision/Outcome

Stay of proceedings on an incident where the client had claimed he had a gun and was threatening his family members.

The client was under the care of a psychiatrist and the crown agreed to divert the case with conditions that he continue under the doctors care.

2013 and older cases

R. v. H. (2013 Brampton) - Mischief Over $5000
Background

Client was accused of scratching a car on both the driver and passenger side doors. The car belonged to the new girl friend of her ex husband.

Strategy

To convince the Crown that although my client had motive for scratching the car, no one had actually seen her do so and if I could convince my client to pay for the damages without admitting she had done it, that would be better than prosecuting.

Decision/Outcome

Client agreed and withdrew the charge on condition of my client signing a peace bond to have no contact with the complainant.

R. v. H. (Brampton Court, July 2012)
Background

Client was charged with mischief after he allegedly created a Facebook account that was set up making fun of another student.

Strategy

To prove this was out of character for my client, by providing reference letters and having my client do community service up front. Client also wrote an essay on the dangers of bullying that was presented to the Crown.

Decision/Outcome

Crown was impressed with his efforts, remorse, and apology and the charge was withdrawn.

R. v. A. (Brampton Court, January 2012)
Background

Client had previously been charged with assault against his now ex-wife. When he reached out to her boss to pass along financial information, she called the police regarding the indirect contact (as it had been conditions of his bail that he would abstain from contacting her). Client was charged with breach of undertaking.

Strategy

To demonstrate how client's ex-wife had been the one who has contacting him, and had been sending him a series of e-mails, and that she was the one attempting to initiate direct contact and had been sending passive-aggressive and threatening emails.

Decision/Outcome

As a result of information I was able to provide to the Crown, the charge was withdrawn.

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