Cases for Assaults, Threats, and Harassment

• R. v. C.N.2021

  The client was charged with forcible confinement against an ex-spouse. The client began and completed counselling immediately after being charged. Upon discussions with the crown, I was able to negotiate a 9 month peace bond oft the client. The charge of forcible confinement was withdrawn once the client entered into the peace bond.

  Assaults Harassment

• R. v. P.W.2021

  The client was charged with assault causing bodily harm. The client was an upstanding member of society. He had had issues that lead to the allegation that were beyond his control. In working with the client to gather all of the information and documentation necessary, the crown agreed to drop the charge entirely. This left the client without a conviction, and without a criminal record.

  Assaults

• R. v. W.B.2021

  The client was charged with a domestic assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm. The client had a previous history of domestic allegations, but none which resulted in convictions. Under my suggestion, the client began counselling Initially the crown prosecutor was seeking a term of jail (90 days). However, once I was retained to assist the client, I was able to negotiate a guilty plea for a sentence of 18 months probation. I was able to argue for a lesser sentence, and the client was sentenced to only 12 months probation.

  Assaults Weapons

• R. v. D.K.2021

  The client was charged with assault with a weapon, mischief, and multiple traffic tickets. After early case resolution discussions with the Crown, the client was approved and accepted into the Alternative Measures Program. The charges and tickets were withdrawn upon completion of the program. The client was left with no criminal record and no convictions for any of the criminal charges. The traffic tickets were also withdrawn.

  Assaults Weapons Mischief Dangerous Driving

• R. v. L.S.2021

  The client was charged with uttering threats and two counts of assault causing bodily harm. The allegation was that the client had been intoxicated, and assaulted two individuals outside of a bar. The injuries were serious with each complainant being transported to the hospital. I was able to gather information and documentation from the client that allowed me to put together a proposal for the prosecutor to consider a conditional discharge. The prosecutor agreed to the resolution on the basis of all of the information I had provided. This was an unusual resolution for such serious charges, but I worked hard to help the client achieve the desired outcome of a discharge.

  Assaults Threats

• R. v. D.H.2021

  The client was charged with assault and theft under $5000. After early case resolution discussions with the Crown, the client was approved and accepted into the Alternative Measures Program. The charge was withdrawn upon completion of the alternative measures program. This resulted in the client having no conviction or record for the charges of assault and theft under $5000.

  Assaults Crime under $5000 Theft

• R. v. K.D.2020

  The client was charged with assault in relation to a dependent. The matter took patience and tenacity in terms of negotiations with the crown, but finally, I was able to convince the crown to have the charge dropped after the client completed counselling. This left the client without a criminal record and allowed the family to be reunified.

  Assaults

• R. v. R.B.2020

  The client was charged with assault and careless storage of a firearm. Upon a detailed review of the disclosure, I determined there were issues with the way the police dealt with my client, and in particular, the search of the residence and seizure of the firearm. Armed with that information, I approached the crown to resolve the matter by way of a withdrawal of the firearms charge right at the outset, and then a withdrawal of the assault charge after the client entered into a peace bond for that charge. This was the best possible outcome in this case as the client avoided a conviction.

  Assaults Weapons

• R. v. C.G.2020

  The client was charged with two counts of simple assault arising out of a fight that occurred in the context of a customer service situation. Though the allegation was serious, I negotiated to have the client participate in a diversion program. Upon successful completion of the diversion program, the charge was dropped, leaving the client with no criminal record.

  Assaults

• R. v. D.S.2020

  The client was charged with aggravated assault. The offence involved essentially what was a fight outside of a bar. The complainant's injuries were very serious. The matter proceeded all the way to trial. Just before the trial was to start, the crown offered the client a plea to the lesser included offence of simple assault (section 266 of the Criminal Code). The client was able to avoid a jail sentence (penitentiary term), which the client would have been facing if he had been tried and convicted. This was an amazing outcome for a very serious matter.

  Assaults

• R. v. D.M.2020

  The client was charged with criminal harassment. I approached the crown with resolution that would leave the client without a conviction. The client entered into a common-law peace bond with conditions that included counselling for a period of one year and the charge was withdrawn.

  Harassment

• R. v. T.J.2020

  The client was charged with several property related criminal offences. Upon review of the disclosure, I was able to negotiate with the crown and establish for them that there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction. The crown agreed, and the charges were all dropped.

  Property Offences

• R. v. M.A.2020

  The client was charged with assault with a weapon, mischief, and unlawfully being in a dwelling house. The circumstances of the allegation were that the young person who was gainfully employed, was involved in a relationship that was tumultuous. I was able to explain the situation to the crown prosecutor, showing that the client was the real victim and had the charges dropped upon restitution being paid for damage to some of complainant's property. This was the best case scenario outcome that was achieved as the client's employment would have been at risk with a criminal record.

  Assaults Weapons Mischief

• R. v. M.H.2020

  The client was charged with assault with a weapon and uttering threats. The crown was approached to see if they would be willing to resolve the matter by way of a peace bond. Given that the client had a prior one in 2016, they were not inclined to do so. However, they did agree to an informal resolution. The client was required to attend counseling and provide proof of completion of the sessions. Once she had done so, the charges against her were withdrawn.

  Assaults Threats

• R. v. S.M.2020

  The client was charged on three different dockets. The charges included assault, assault with a weapon and uttering threats on the first. The second was for two counts of mischief, two counts mischief to property under $5000, and failing to comply. The last was for failing to attend. When we received his legal aid certificate, the client was in custody. He pleaded guilty to assault, one count of mischief to property under $5000, failing to comply, and failing to appear. The remaining charges were withdrawn. He had 14 days of pre-trial custody and was released on time served.

  Assaults Threats Weapons

• R. v. N.I.2020

  The client was charged with an offence under the Child Welfare act. I was able to work with the client to obtain relevant documentation in order to negotiate a complete withdrawal of the charge.

  Assaults Threats Harassment

• R. v. D.N.2020

  The client was charged with three separate sets of charges. One charge was for assault, and the remaining two were for failing to appear at court. The client plead guilty to the two counts of failing to appear for court, and the crown agreed to drop the assault charge. The crown prosecutor asked the judge to sentence the client to a fine. I argued that the client should receive a conditional discharge, which would leave the client without a criminal conviction after a certain period of time. The court agreed with my submissions, and the client was granted a conditional discharge.

  Assaults Conditional Discharge

• R. v. P.S.2020

  The client was charged with assault causing bodily harm against one complainant, and assault against another. The charges arose during an altercation between the parties who were strangers to each other. One of the complainants alleged that the client assaulted them, and in so doing cause injury (broken ribs). Upon review of disclosure, I was able to find discrepancies in the statements the complainants gave to police. Once I had that information, I met with the crown prosecutor to negotiate resolution of the matter. My goal was to leave my client with no criminal record/no conviction so that the matter would not impact employment. After meeting with the crown, they agreed that although they were not originally going to consider resolution of the matter by way of a referral to Alternative Measures (primarily due to the seriousness of the assault causing bodily harm charge), after hearing my pitch, they would refer the matter. The client was referred to the Alternative Measures program, and after successful completion, the charges were withdrawn, leaving my client with no criminal record/no conviction.

  Assaults

• R. v. C.D.2020

  The client was charged with an assault. The allegation is that the parties were in a dispute (they were strangers to each other) and that the client had assaulted the complainant. I was able to thoroughly review the disclosure, and determined there were significant issues with the reasonable likelihood of conviction (part of the test the crown must meet to prosecute the matter). I presented my analysis to the crown during an early case resolution meeting. The crown agreed to withdraw the charge outright. This left my client with no criminal record and no conviction.

  Assaults

• R. v. M.F.2020

  The client was initially charged with criminal harassment. She was later charged again with three breaches. Extensive ECR discussions were had with the crown surrounding these two files. The charges stemmed from a neighborly dispute and should likely have been civil matters. Eventually the crown agreed to a one year peace bond, with specific conditions, and the charges against the client were withdrawn.

  Harassment

• R. v. C.S.2020

  The client was charged with assault with a weapon, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, and resisting arrest. After obtaining some background from the client regarding his mental health history, the crown was persuaded to refer the matter to the mental health diversion program. Once the client completed the requirements of the program, the charges against him were withdrawn.

  Assaults Weapons

• R. v. J.C.2020

  The client was charged with assault causing bodily harm. The charge stemmed from a domestic dispute, which both husband and wife were engaged in. The complainant later advised that she wished to recant her statement, as she was quite intoxicated and didn't remember many details about the night. Despite this, the crown was not willing to withdraw the charge outright. However, with attendance at and completion of counseling, they would reconsider. The matter was adjourned for a few months to allow the client time to do this. Once he had completed the counseling sessions and provided proof of such, the charge against him was withdrawn.

  Assaults

• R. v. R.S.2020

  The client was charged with several domestic offences. The offence allegations were that of harassment, threats, and breaches of no contact orders (bail release conditions). The client did not have counsel at first, and then hired me to try to get him out of jail. I was successful in doing so. The client was released the same day we dealt with his pleas and the matter was fully resolved.

  Threats Harassment Breaches

• R. v. K.S.2020

  The client was charged with assault stemming from a historical allegation. The complainant made the allegation in the midst of an ongoing family law dispute. The charge was laid outside of the six month window for which a summary conviction matter could be laid, so the crown would have had to elect to proceed by indictment, for this very minor matter. With that, and with the fact that it was not the complainant who reported the allegation, I approached the crown to negotiate for a withdrawal of the matter. After reviewing my reasons why the domestic assault charge should be withdrawn, the crown agreed, and it was withdrawn. This left the client with no criminal record, and no conviction.

  Assaults

• R. v. M.H.2020

  The client was charged with assault with a weapon and uttering threats. The crown was approached to see if they would be willing to resolve the matter by way of a peace bond. Given that the client had a prior one in 2016, they were not inclined to do so. However, they did agree to an informal resolution. The client was required to attend counselling and provide proof of completion of the sessions. Once she had done so, the charges against her were withdrawn.

  Assaults Threats Harassment