Drug charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act range from simple possession to trafficking, production, and importation. The consequences vary just as widely, from a conditional discharge to penitentiary time. The one thing every drug case has in common is that the Crown’s evidence almost always comes from a search. That is where the defence begins.
Warrant searches, warrantless searches, vehicle stops, and search incident to arrest all have strict constitutional rules. If the police broke those rules, the evidence can be excluded under section 24(2) of the Charter. Without the evidence, the Crown’s case often collapses.
I review every Information to Obtain, every officer’s note, every body-cam video, and every point in the chain of custody. This is painstaking work, and it is where drug cases are won.
The difference between possession and possession for the purpose of trafficking is often decided by inference: quantity, packaging, scales, cash, cell phone evidence. I know how to challenge those inferences and, where possible, to negotiate a trafficking charge down to simple possession.
For clients with addiction issues, a treatment-focused sentence can be the difference between jail and recovery. I work with counsellors, treatment programs, and Gladue writers where applicable to present the full picture at sentencing.
I answer my phone directly. If I can’t, I return calls as soon as I can. Evenings and weekends included.
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