R. facing two drug trafficking charges in a dial-a-dope operation. Five days before a three day trial is set to commence, defence counsel meets with Crown with the result that all charges are dropped.
Case Results
At Stern Shapray, we provide legal representation across a wide range of criminal and quasi-criminal matters, from serious charges to regulatory and provincial offences.
R. v. R.
R. v. Y.W.
Client found driving with blood alcohol level 3.5 times the legal limit. Charges of Impaired Driving and Driving Over 80 reduced to a ticket for driving without due care and attention under s. 144 of the motor vehicle Act following negotiations with crown counsel. – NOT GUILTY
R. v. T.L.
Client was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference. Mr. Beckett negotiated the charge down to the lesser offence of assault, the client received one year of probation, and avoided having to register as a sex offender. – NO JAIL
R. v. C.
Ms. Shamess successfully challenged the facial validity of a search warrant on a residence, and the police’s failure to comply with their obligations after they seize property. Trial judge agreed that the police breached the client’s Charter rights to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure, and ruled that the evidence from the search of the residence and of the client’s vehicle should be excluded from trial. – CASE DROPPED.
R. v. V.B.
Client was charged by indictment with voyeurism after his wife alleged he surreptitiously installing cameras into a number of bathrooms in his own home. Mr. Beckett took the case to trial and challenged the Crown’s evidence. The client was found. – NOT GUILTY
R. v. K.G.B.
Client was charged by indictment for one count of sexual assault against a women he went to a friend’s house with after meeting her at a bar one evening. The woman reported her allegations to police the following morning. The matter proceeded to trial in Provincial Court where Mr. Beckett made multiple pre-trial applications so important text messages and evidence of the complainant’s “other sexual activity” could be admitted into evidence at trial. At trial, Mr. Beckett used the text messages and evidence of the complainant’s “other sexual activity” to challenge the complainant’s allegations and argue for an acquittal. The judge found the client. – NOT GUILTY
R. v. D.N.
Mr. Shapray’s client was living in Quebec and was arrested on a warrant after returning to B.C. for a visit and vacation. He was facing a number of dated domestic assault charges that were from a number of years back involving a toxic relationship and a time in his life when he was dealing with a substance dependency issue. Mr. Shapray resolved the case with a PEACE BOND and also was successful bringing an application for the client to appear remotely in court from Quebec so that he did not have to travel back to B.C. again to appear in court saving him considerable time and financial resources – NO CRIMINAL RECORD!
R. v. C.
Client charged with a number of Domestic Violence Offences.After negotiations with the Crown all Criminal charges dropped and the Client enters into a peace bond.
R. v. K.
Client charged with a number of offences alleging an Unlawful Confinement with a Firearm. The Firearm alleged to be used found in Client’s home. All charges dismissed as the Client’s Right to be tried within a Reasonable time was violated.
R. v. M.A.
Client charged with second degree murder released on BAIL after contested bail hearing where Crown sought his detention in jail until trial. – BAIL GRANTED