Category: Past Wins
The Queen v. H.(B.) 2016
A police officer attended a rural property to inform the client that he no longer had to attend court to answer to a charge. While on the property, the officer noticed that a truck did not have the correct licence plate. After querying the...
The Queen v. D.(R.) 2015
Client went to leave a bar but noticed a police officer driving by. He quickly ran away from his vehicle so as not to be seen by the officer in the travelling vehicle. Little known to the client, another police officer was watching all of this...
The Queen v. L.(R.) 2015
A patron at a bar observed a man walk out the bar room doors and trip over a curb, bump into a tree, and stumble across the parking lot, before hopping into an SUV and driving away. The patron did the right thing and called 911. Soon afterwards a...
The Queen v. K.(B.) 2015
Client was stopped by police after they got reports that a person driving a truck that matched the description of the truck the client was driving had swerved badly into the oncoming lane and made contact with a vehicle, just narrowly avoiding a...
The Queen v. C.(D.) 2015
Client was found unconscious behind the wheel of his running truck as it sat straddling the white line of a busy highway. When the police officer opened the door of the vehicle he immediately smelled the distinct odours of alcohol and ether. Soon...
The Queen v. K.(M.) 2015
Client drove his vehicle hard into a tree. His passenger was seriously injured. The police arrived at the scene and one thing led to another and the client eventually blew well over the legal limit at the police detachment. Client was charged...
The Queen v. M.(B.) 2015
The police had obtained a warrant to search the client's house for evidence of drug trafficking. On the morning of the day the police were to execute the warrant the client was observed leaving his house in a vehicle registered to him. A number...
The Queen v. L.(F.) 2015
Client was charged with refusing to provide a breath sample and driving while disqualified contrary to the Criminal Code. He faced serious jail time as he had many prior impaired driving convictions. Client had blown a "fail" in a roadside...
The Queen v. S.(M.) 2015
Client and girlfriend were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking after the police executed a warrant at their house and found a significant amount of cocaine. Mr. van der Walle discovered some serious inconsistencies in the...
The Queen v. S.(D.) 2015
The police pulled over a vehicle in which the client was a passenger. Another officer arrived and said that he could smell marihuana wafting from the vehicle. The client and driver were arrested and significant quantities of marihauna, cocaine...
The Queen v. G.(D.) 2015
Client was arrested as he drove into Calgary. Police discovered a substantial amount of marihuana in the trunk. Client was a well respected businessman and could not afford to be convicted for possession for the purposes of trafficking. So he hired...
The Queen v. P.(A.) 2015
Client was charged with impaired driving and willfully failing to provide a proper sample of her breath after she had been involved in a serious car accident. She had crossed into the oncoming lane and run head-on into a small car. Thankfully no...