Our Successes

Charge: Asssault with a Weapon; Poseession of a Controlled Substance.
Issue: Whether there was a reasonable likelihood of a conviction; whether there were lawful grounds to arrest our client.
Result: After considering Mr. Mines’ submissions, the police report to Crown and a new statement from the complainant, Crown Counsel entered a stay of proceedings. No criminal record.

Charge: Uttering a Threat.
Issue: Whether the police had sufficient evidence to recommend a charge.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to successfully steer our client through the investigation. No charges recommended. No criminal record.

Charge: Assault.
Issue: Whether it was appropriate for our client to be sentenced to a conditional discharge in this “road rage” spitting case despite having received a prior conditional discharge.
Result: After considring the rehabilitative steps our client had taken and upon hearing Mr. Mines’s submissions, the Court granted our client a conditional discharge. No conviction.

Charge: Breach of Conditional Sentence Order (from Aggravated Assault conviction).
Issue: Whether there was a public interest in proceeding with the Breach allegation, given the rehabilitative steps our client had taken on his own initiative.
Result: Rather than facing termination of our client’s sentence of house arrest and the prospect of incarcaration for the balance of his sentence, Mr. Johmson was able to persuade Crown Counsel to withdraw the allegation of Breach. No jail.

Charge: Aggravated Assault.
Issue: Whether our client acted in self defence in causing life threatening injuries to the complainant.
Result: After a two day trial, the court agreed with Mr. Johnson’s submissions that our client was acting in self defence. Not guilty. No criminal record.