Tell a tale and go to jail: B.C. Mountie sentenced to 30 months for Perjury in Dziekanski case
RCMP Constable Kwesi Millington, one of 2 Mounties found guilty (four were charged – two were acquitted: Cst. Gerry Rundel and Cst. Bill Bentley) of perjury in the Braidwood Inquiry into the tasering death of Robert Dziekanski, was sentenced on Monday, June 22, 2015....
Smoke it, vape it, bake it, dab it – the time has come to re-format it
In a ground-breaking 7-0 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that to restrict medical cannabis users to consuming cannabis only in “dried” form, is against theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Specifically, it violates a person’s right and...
Catch & Release: Analyzing the risk of NCR Offenders
In April 2008, the town of Merritt, B.C. was cast under a dark shadow when Allan Schoenborn murdered his 3 young children inside their family home while in the midst of a psychotic break. After a 3 month Jury Trial in Kamloops, B.C., Schoenborn was found to be Not...
UPDATE: Pumphrey found guilty on Appeal
Ian Pumphrey, who was acquitted of the allegation that he was talking on his cellphone while driving, was in the Yukon Court of Appeal this week where an Appellate Court Judge ruled that he was indeed guilty of using a mobile device while driving. In the Yukon Supreme...
Dearly Deported
A student from Russia who has been studying in B.C. will find out on Wednesday if he will be ordered to leave Canada as a result of his recent criminal convictions. Vladislav Anautov, 23, plead guilty in Kamloops Provincial Court to an assault on his girlfriend that...
Hands Free (and neck) (and shoulder)
Ian Pumphrey was back before the Yukon Courts earlier this week to represent himself in an Appeal launched by the Yukon Government. In January of 2015, the Honourable Judge Luther found that Pumphrey wasn’t breaking the law by talking on the phone while driving,...
Justice Jam – B.C. Government puts a red light on the Province’s Traffic Court
In a move that has lawyers and legal advocates cringing, the B.C. Government announced its plan to move ahead with the eradication of Traffic Court in the Provincial Court system. But what does it mean for you? As it stands today with the “old system”, any individual...
British Columbia in a Prohibition Sandwich
This week a Kamloops case made headlines across British Columbia where a 76 year old man was sentenced to jail for growing 150 marijuana plants. The judge had no discretion in what to sentence him to - there is now a mandatory minimum of 6-months jail for anyone found...
Don’t get baked by baking (yet)
Up in smoke: don’t get baked by baking (yet) On Friday, March 20, 2015, B.C. lawyer Kirk Tousaw attended the Supreme Court of Canada to argue the encroachment of certain provisions of the Controlled Drugs & Substances Act on a person’s ability to consume medical...
Aboriginal Offenders: Lost in Legislation
In British Columbia, and across Canada, we pride ourselves in being known as multicultural, diverse, and tolerant. In particular, we encourage the celebration of our Aboriginal peoples’ heritage and culture – an ideation that has deep roots in our history. The issues...
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