• We have a proven record of success.

    Defending criminal and driving charges since 1993.

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Our Successes

The vast majority of our clients’ cases are resolved favourably.

R. vs. K.D. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Driving while prohibited.
Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the charge.
Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown counsel to proceed on the lesser offence of Driving Without a Valid License. Rather than a mandatory one year driving prohibition, our client was sentenced to a $300 fine. No driving prohibition.

R. vs. M.M. – ICBC Investigation

Charge: Fraud; Misrepresentation.
Issue: Given our client’s remorse and cooperation, whether there was a public interest in proceeding with a criminal charge.
Result: Mr. Johnson was able to steer our client through the investigation and was able to persuade the investigator to not forward any charges to Crown counsel. No criminal record.

R. vs. R.L. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Theft Under $5000.
Issue: Given the circumstances of the offence and the rehabilitative steps our client had taken, whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the charge.
Result: Mr. Johnson persuaded Crown counsel to allow our client into the Alternative Measures program and to stay the charge. No criminal record.

R.vs. F.P. – North Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Fraud Under $5000.
Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the criminal charge.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown Counsel to allow our client into the Alternative Measures program and to stay the charge. No criminal record.

R. vs. C.O. – North Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Possession of a Controlled Substance (cocaine).
Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the prosecution.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown counsel that, given our client’s circumstances and the circumstances of the offence, that it was not in the public interest to proceed with the charge. Stay of proceedings. No criminal record.

R. vs. Y.J. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Assault (domestic); Uttering a Threat.
Issue: Whether it was in the public interest for Crown counsel to proceed against our client was charged with assaulting his girlfriend and uttering a threat to a worker at a health care clinic.
Result: Mr. Johnson was able to guide our client through rehabilitative steps and to persude . Crown counsel to stay all charges. No criminal record.

R. vs. Y.J. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Assault (domestic).
Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the charge.
Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown counsel to stay the proceedings upon our client completing a program of rehabilitation and Alternative Measures.  No criminal record.

R. vs. S.A. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Fraud Under $5000 (x8).
Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the criminal prosecution.
Result: Mr. Johnson was able to steer our client through a course of rehabilitation and into the Alternative Measures Program. Crown stayed the proceedings. no criminal record.

R. vs. I.R. – Squamish RCMP Investigation

Charge: Sexual Assault.
Issue: Whether the complainant had, in fact, consented and whether it was reasonable for police to recommend charges.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to steer our client through the investigation without any police detention or arrest. No charges were recommended to Crown counsel. No criminal record.

R. vs. J.L. – Coquitlam RCMP Investigation

Charge: Sexual Assault; Sexual Interference.
Issue: Whether the Crown would be able to prove that our client did not take reasonable steps to learn the age of the complainant.
Result: Mr. Mines made representations to the investigating officer suggesting that, in the circumstances, it was reasonable for our client to have concluded that the complainant was of legal age and did, in fact, consent to all sexual contact. No charge was forwarded to Crown. No criminal record.

R. vs. B.A. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Aggravated Assault with a Weapon.
Issue: Whether, during the commission of the stabbing offence, our client was suffering from a mental disorder.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to assemble medical records and obtain an expert psychiatric opinion that ultimately resulted in the Court making the finding that our client was not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder. Rather than facing a lengthy jail sentence, our client was referred, on an out of custody basis, to the Mental Health Review Board for final disposition. No jail. No criminal record.

R. vs. S.A. – Vancouver Provincial Court

Charge: Fraud Under $5000 (x7).
Issue: Whetherit was in the public interest to proceed with the criminal prosecution.
Result: Notwithstanding that the total value of the fraud was in excess of $6000, Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown to allow our client into the Alternative Measures program. No criminal record.