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Point Firearm, Domestic Threats
Point Firearm, Weapons Dangerous, Utter Threats (Domestic)
R. v. L.S. | 2026 | OSHAWA
Client was charged with a domestic incident after his girlfriend called the police to report that he had threatened her by pointing a firearm at her which she claimed was a real gun. They were both drug users and in a volatile relationship. After being arrested at gunpoint, police searched the house and found only a BB gun. After successfully completing a detox and rehabilitation program, the client moved into a sober living facility and a year after his arrest, the crown agreed to a peace bond and withdrawal of all charges.
Firearm, Ammunition, Cocaine, Fentanyl, Meth, Heroin
Possess firearm, Possess ammunition, and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, meth, and heroin
R. v. R.L. | 2026 | TORONTO SCJ
Police executed a warrant to search my clients home and two vehicles, and found a firearm in one car and drugs in the other. After locating the drugs, and purely out of spite, they dismantled the vehicle — pulling apart the gear box, glove box, and console. We filed a comprehensive Charter application to argue that the basis of the search was unconstitutional and that the manner of search was unreasonable and excessive. After 4 days of evidence, the Crown agreed to withdraw the drug charges and join on a sentence that would allow my client to serve his time at home. After a 5 year battle and much effort on his part to turn his life around to care for and support his daughter as her primary caregiver with full custody, he was sentenced on the gun to 18 months of house arrest.
Firearm, Breach Prohibition Order + Recognizance
Possession of a firearm, Possession of a Prohibited device x2, Breach Prohibition Order x3, and Breach of Recognizance x11
R. v. G.L. | 2026 | NEWMARKET
Client was targeted by the YRP Bail Compliance Unit for 3 months before they arrested him for 11 counts of breaching his bail. All of the breaches were for being out without his surety or possessing a cell phone. Before being taken into custody and with their permission, he gave his satchel and his watch to his mother and then complied with all of their demands. He was searched incident to arrest and nothing unlawful was located. Once he was safely secured in the cruiser, they decided to search the satchel and found a loaded restricted firearm with extended clip and auto switch attached. After 3 days of evidence and some very contentious arguments, the judge agreed that the search was an unconstitutional violation of is rights and excluded the firearm and accessories in the satchel.
Cocaine, Meth Trafficking
Possession of Cocaine and Meth for the Purpose of Trafficking and Possess Property Obtained by Crime
R. v. J.W. | 2026 | BRAMPTON
Client had no record, had never been charged before, held a good job that required background checks, and had lived a prosocial life her whole life. Only she was dating someone who caught the attention of Peel Police for selling drugs and stolen property. They found both in their shared residence when they executed a warrant. After 18 months and 2 Judicial Pretrials, the Crown stayed all charges and she remains without a record.
Cocaine Trafficking
Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
R. v. M.A. | 2026 | LONDON
Client has been a target of London Police Service for many years and instead of properly investigating him, they acted on hunches and suspicion and after him for possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine. After a 4 day trial, the judge agreed that police had violated his right to be free from unreasonable arrest and was therefore subjected to an unlawful search. The conduct was serious enough to warrant the exclusion of 3 kilograms of cocaine found in a hidden compartment of the car he was driving.
Trafficking and Possession of Cocaine
Trafficking and Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
R. v. B.D. | 2025 | BRAMPTON
Our client was the subject of 5 undercover drug purchases of cocaine and MDMA. He was arrested during the 6th transaction, when police seized his Mercedes and executed a search warrant on his residence, locating close to a half pound of cocaine, over $100,000 in cash, and gold Rolex. After extensive negotiations with the Crown, we negotiated a plea to one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking for a 2 year sentence that he is serving on house arrest where he can continue his lawful employment in construction. All remaining charges were withdrawn and we successfully argued for the return of his vehicle and his Rolex by proving extensive documentation to show they were acquired legally.
Domestic Assault, Firearms
R. v. R.Z. | 2025 | NEWMARKET
Client caught his wife cheating after years spent trying to navigate her alcoholism and he decided to end the relationship. After finding a temporary residence and advising her that he was leaving, she called the police and invented a story of prolonged and historical domestic abuse. The client was arrested, his legal firearms were seized, and his son was removed from his care. From the first conversation with the crown, we offered a peace bond to keep the couple apart. The crown instead wanted a jail sentence. It took 26 months to get to trial and on day 2 of 5, after the complainant was caught lying on the stand and admitting to perjury, the Crown changed their position and agreed to a peace bond for a withdrawal of all of the charges.
Firearms, Fentanyl
Possession of a Firearm, and Fentanyl
R. v. R.L. | 2025 | HAMILTON
Client charged with a firearm found in the back of his friends vehicle after they both fell asleep in the car, parked on a residential street. The Crown withdrew the firearm charges after months of negotiation but the feds pursued serious drug charges as the police alleged that the client discarded the drugs while handcuffed in the back of the cruiser. It took a charter application challenging the initial detention and arrest, combined with the police failure to provide rights to counsel, but after a two year battle we were ultimately successful in having all charges stayed.
Firearm Possession
R. v. E.P.C. | 2025 | TORONTO
Client tried to sleep off a night of partying in the front seat of his vehicle and ended up arrested for impaired driving. The police conducted an inventory search of the car before towing it, and a loaded handgun was found in the back seat, in a satchel, containing the client’s passport. After a 4 day trial in Ontario Court, the client was acquitted when the Crown failed to prove that he had knowledge and control of the gun in the car.
Firearms, Fentanyl, Cocaine
Possession of a Firearm, Fentanyl, and Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
R. v. J.B.A | 2025 | NEWMARKET
Client was the subject of an 11 month police investigation in which he was “flagged” on a police database as someone who should be investigated for drug charges. As a result of the flag on his file, police in 3 jurisdictions conducted roadside stops to investigate him on 7 different occasions. Each stop was a violation of the client’s constitutional rights, as he was never told the true purpose and never informed of his right to remain silent or provided with the opportunity to speak to a lawyer. Ultimately, his vehicle and home were the subject of a search warrant where police located a loaded handgun, a quantity of cocaine, fentanyl, meth, and cash; all of which become the subject of a successful Charter Application that ended the prosecution with a stay of all charges and a forfeiture order that returned the client’s seized cash.
Firearm Possession
R. v. A.V.D. | 2025 | HAMILTON
After a very short period of surveillance, the police obtained a warrant to search for a firearm at the client’s apartment. They arrested him down the street and asked incriminating questions prior to providing him his rights to counsel. Despite a series of constitutional issues, his first lawyer set a trial challenging only his possession of the firearm and not the Charter violations committed by the police. Shortly before his trial, he questioned the lawyer’s strategy and ultimately terminated the relationship. We took a different approach and focused on the police misconduct: the failure to investigate the client, the lack of connection between the alleged crime and the residence, the failure to provide rights to counsel, and the failure to hold off questioning. We filed our Application and the Crown promptly withdrew all charges.
Second-Degree Murder
R. v. D.D. | 2025 | BRAMPTON
In March 2022, the client called me for legal advice. He had killed someone the night before and needed my help negotiating his surrender. He had gotten into an altercation with a relative who tried to break into his home. The fight spilled out on to their front lawn and in a sudden fit of anger, the client stabbed his cousin dozens of times, 8 serious wounds, 4 of them fatal. After a 3 year battle and two week jury trial, he was acquitted of murder.
P4P Cocaine
R. v. T.L. | 2025 | BRAMPTON
The client and his friends parked their vehicle at a strip club when police on “proactive patrol” approached. They claimed to see an open bottle of alcohol in the vehicle which led to a search of the car and the client, despite the fact that he was not the driver or in possession of the alcohol. After locating cocaine and cash, they arrested him and seized the drugs, money, and his Louis Vuitton satchel. Following a Judicial Pretrial highlighting all of the ways in which the police violated his constitutional rights, the Crown agreed that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction and withdrew the charges. We then secured the return of his money and his satchel of course.
Break and Enter
R. v. K.E. | 2025 | HAMILTON
The client was charged with break and enter, along with two co-accused. The co-accused parties took months to move through the pre-trial stages, delaying our client from moving his case forward. As a result of the delays caused by the co-accused, the client’s trial was set to complete 14 days beyond the 18 months ceiling in R. v. Jordan. After hearing arguments from Associate Katrina Friesen, the Judge agreed that the client’s Charter s. 11(b) right to a trial within a reasonable time had been infringed and stayed the charges. Read the decision below.
Firearms
R. v. O.Y. | 2025 | TORONTO
The client was charged with a list of firearms offences after he made the “mistake” of walking through the Entertainment District of Toronto on a Friday night, sparking the suspicions of security guard at Ruby Soho, who alerted a cop, who then illegally detained and searched the clients satchel, finding a firearm and full clip inside. Two years later, 6 Trial Dates, and two Charter Applications later, the client was acquitted. Read the decision at the link below.
Firearm Possession
R. v. A.M. | 2024 | TORONTO
Client came to me with three interconnected cases. The police had been investigating his Instagram account and executed a search warrant on a residence he had ties to looking to seize his devices (phone, computer, tablets, etc.). In addition to locating electronics, they also found a gun inside a satchel, inside a closet, in the bedroom the client had been sleeping in. After beating both cases related to his Instagram account (one the crown withdrew and the other we won at trial), we successfully defended the gun charges when the Crown failed to establish he had knowledge of the firearm. After three long years on restrictive bail conditions, he finally cut off the ankle monitor and remains without a criminal record.
Second-Degree Murder
R. v. A.B. | 2024 | TORONTO
My youngest client ever, at 13 years old, AB was charged along with 7 other girls in the swarming death of a homeless man named Kenneth Lee, who was beaten and stabbed during an altercation that was caught on CCTV footage and witnessed by several bystanders. I successfully argued for bail at the outset of the case and then negotiated a plea to manslaughter after the preliminary hearing. During the litigation, we learned that my client had been subjected to 6 illegal strip searches by the detention centres she was housed at. At the sentencing hearing, I argued that she should receive 3:1 credit for the time spent in closed custody (where the illegal searches occurred) plus her time in open custody totaling 15 months and that this was enough time in custody given her lack of criminal record, intoxication at the time of the offence, and the counseling she was doing to address underlying issues. The judge agreed and no further custody was ordered. He also agreed that an additional 21 months of probation, allowing her to continue the counselling programs she needed, would meet the ends of justice in this case.
Loaded Firearm
R. v. R.C. | 2024 | OSHAWA
Client was charged with a loaded firearm found in the back seat of his vehicle after being pulled over by police for being a black man driving a Mercedes in Oshawa. Despite the judge finding that the search of the vehicle was illegal, she would not exclude the firearm from the trial. During the Charter Application however, the jail repeatedly failed to bring my client to court, delaying the matter by 3 months. I argued that the delays violated the client’s constitutional right to a trial in a reasonable amount of time and that the charges should be stayed. This argument was successful and as a result all charges were stayed.
Assault with a Weapon, Noxious Substance, Mischief
R. v. J.M.W | 2024 | COBOURG
Assault with a weapon x2, Possess weapon x2, Administer noxious substance x2, and Mischief over $5000 x2
After a short but contentious trial with two lying complainants, my client was acquitted of all charges. From the day he hired me, he was adamant that the alleged victims were lying about the altercation and after 3 days of cross examinations it was clear to everyone in the courtroom that their stories were not to be believed.
P4P Fentanyl, Cocaine, Meth, Proceeds of Crime
R. v. J.P. | 2024 | TORONTO
Sometimes the win is in keeping a client out of jail when you know they will not survive jail. Here the client was charged with the types and quantities of drugs that would have made a penitentiary sentence necessary had he lost after trial (likely 5-7 years given the amount of fentanyl alone). After filing a Charter Application to challenge the warrant and following extensive negotiations with the Crown, he agreed to withdraw the fentanyl count and the client pled guilty to possessing cocaine and meth for the purpose of trafficking. He was then sentenced to 2 years less a day to serve on house arrest with exceptions for employment, and education for the first year and a curfew for the second year.