Charge: Assault; Breach Undertaking (domestic).
Issue: Given the information Mr. Johnson provided to Crown counsel, whether there remained a substantial likelihood of a conviction.
Result: Crown counsel stayed both charges. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault (domestic).
Issue: Given the rehabilitative steps that Mr. Johnson recommended to our client, whether there remained a public interest in proceeding with the prosecution.
Result: Crown counsel allowed our client into the Alternative Measures Program. Upon completion, Crown entered a stay of proceedings. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault.
Issue: Whether the evidence would meet the standard for Crown counsel to approve a criminal charge.
Result: We were able to steer our client through the police investigation which concluded with Mr. Johnson persuading Crown counsel to not approve any charge whatsoever. No criminal record.
Charge: Pointing a Firearm; Assault with a Weapon.
Issue: Whether our client would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum 12 month jail sentence.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown counsel to not proceed by way of the mandatory minimum and, after making submissions to the Court, the trial judge sentenced our client to a 4 month conditional sentence and 12 months of probation. No jail.
Charge: Assault (domestic).
Issue: Given the rehabilitative steps we guided our client through, whether there was a public interest in proceeding with the prosecution.
Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade the Crown to enter a sty of proceedings prior to trial. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault x2.
Issue: Whether this Downtown Entertainment District incident was an assault, a consensual fight or was our client acting in self defence?
Result: At the conclusion of a 4 day trial, and after hearing Mr. Mines’ submissions, the Trial Judge found our client not guilty and aquitted him of both charges. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault (reduced to Peace Bond).
Issue: Whether our client assaulted his spouse and whether she had a genuine fear of him.
Result: On the eve of trial, Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown to proceedby way of a Peace Bond. On day 3 of the contested Peace Bond hearing , Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown to resolve the matter by allowing our client to enter into the Peace Bond on minimal terms. No finding of assault. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault.
Issue: Whether our client was acting in self defence; whether there was a public interest in proceeding with the prosecution.
Result: After considering Mr. Mines’ representations, Crown ended the prosecution and entered a stay of proceedings. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault (domestic).
Issue: Given the rehabilitative steps our client had taken, whether there was a public interest in proceeding with the prosecution.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown counsel to enter a stay of proceedings. No crimianl record.
Charge: Assault with a Weapon.
Issue: Whether the Crown could prove that our client was in possession of a machete as alleged.
Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown to proceed on the lesser offence of common assault. After hearing Mr. Mines’ submissions on our client’s behalf, the Court suspended sentence and placed our client on a no “contact order”. No reporting condition imposed.
Charge: Assault (of child in care).
Issue: Mr. Johnson was able to direct our client through a course of counselling. Given the significant rehabilitative steps our client had accomplished, Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown counsel to not approve any charge in this case.
Result: No charge approved. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault (domestic).
Issue: Whether it was in the public interest for Crown counsel to proceed with the prosecution.
Result: Upon providing information showing that our client had taken steps toward rehabilitation, Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown to enter a stay of proceedings. No criminal record.
A huge thanks to Michael Mines for getting this criminal charge brought to a fair and appropriate conclusion with a criminal charge being dropped. Michael knows his profession and is well versed in criminal law to seek the best possible outcome for an individual like me, who at 77 years, simply made an honest mistake. […]
Our client had taken responsibility for his actions by pleading guilty in Richmond Provincial Court where he was granted a conditional discharge. Upon being threatened and taunted by his roommate, our client kicked in the door to the roommate’s doo=r and held a meat cleaver to his throat. The Crown appealed sentence. At the sentence […]
