The Longueuil police arrested our client after seeing her handling drugs in her vehicle. The client was charged with simple possession of MDMA (Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) and care or control of a motor vehicle while her ability to operate the vehicle was impaired by a drug (Sections 253 and 255 of the Criminal Code).
After analyzing the evidence, criminal lawyer Xavier Cormier decided that the impaired driving charge had to be challenged in order to have the client acquitted. The evidence of her faculties being impaired by a drug did not seem convincing enough. Also, the client claimed that she had been present in the vehicle without having the intention of driving and that she clearly intended to leave the premises without the vehicle.
During the trial, Mrs. Bouvier from our firm carried out the cross-examination of the witnesses, the questioning of our client as well as the pleadings.
The Judge finally acquitted our client of the care or control charge. As for the drug possession charge, the client had already pleaded guilty but had received an absolute discharge a few months earlier.
Not all our clients can be acquitted. See notice.
