Our client acquitted of refusing to try a breathalizer test
Our client was arrested by the Montreal police for a road safety offence. The observed symptoms were alcoholic breath and […]
Delaying to subject an arrested person to a breathalyzer test can be grounds for a dischargev
Police officers who suspect drivers of operating a vehicle while having alcohol in their blood may order a breathalyzer test […]
Refusal to comply with a demand
The offence of refusing to comply with a demand (also called a refusal to supply a sample of breath or […]
A client is acquitted for charges of refusing to comply
A client of criminal lawyer Xavier Cormier was charged with refusing to supply a sample of breath (Section 254(5) Criminal Code). The police reproached him […]
Is sleeping in your vehicle while drunk the same thing as driving under the influence?
This is an issue often debated by criminal lawyers: is a client having found shelter in his vehicle to spend […]
A client charged with impaired driving and dangerous driving is acquitted
A client of criminal lawyer Luc Simard had been charged with impaired driving (Section 253a) and 255(1) Criminal Code of […]
Care and control of a vehicle with one’s faculties impaired by alcohol or a drug: jurisprudence
In the Mallery case, the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick expressed the opinion that danger is an essential element […]
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