Criminal lawyer Xavier Cormier was defending a client who was charged with having committed assault with a weapon (Section 267 a) Criminal Code of Canada) and having uttered threats (Section 264.1 (1)a) (2)b) Criminal Code) against her spouse. Therefore the charges concerned conjugal violence.
Following her arrest, the police forbade the client from contacting her spouse or other members of his family. Mr. Cormier brought the case to Court quickly, in order to remove this order. He met with the Prosecutor, while the plaintiffs met a social worker. The last time the case appeared in Court, the Prosecutor stated she had no evidence to submit, and so Mr. Cormier’s client was acquitted.
Not all Mr. Cormier’s clients are acquitted. See notice.
