CROWN WITHDRAWS CHARGHES AFTER SEARCH WARRANT CHALLENGED
R. v. MK 2022 SCJ
The police obtained a search warrant for a downtown apartment where they believed the client was selling narcotics, based on information from a Confidential Informant. According to the police, when they entered the unit, they saw Mr. Page’s client attempting to discard a 9mm semi-automatic handgun from his waistband. Inside the unit, they found a large amount of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and cash. At the preliminary hearing, Ms. Page was successful in having all the drug charges dismissed. Ms. Page then challenged the search warrant …
Ms. Page’s client was charged with first-degree murder. At the end of the preliminary hearing, Ms. Page successfully argued that the client should be committed to trial only on a charge of manslaughter, thereby eliminating the risk of a life sentence…
Client was stopped by police as he was driving. The officers claimed the smell of cannabis and their observation of a half-smoked joint on the client’s lap gave them authority to search the car and its occupants under the Cannabis Control Act. They found cannabis and 57g of cocaine in the client’s satchel. Ms. Page persuaded the Judge that the search was illegal and that Mr. Grant’s right to counsel had been violated…
Ms. Page’s client, a taxi driver, was charged with sexually assaulting a customer. After reviewing the disclosure materials, Ms. Page convinced the Crown to withdraw the charge rather than setting a trial date …
Ms. Page’s client was found not guilty of all charges after the Judge agreed the police search was unlawful. The client was a passenger in the vehicle with a loaded firearm in his waistband. In the trunk, the police found a large quantity of oxycodone and hydromorphone…
Police found a loaded handgun in the client’s apartment. At the time, he was subject to a firearms prohibition. The Crown sought a 5-year sentence but the Judge accepted Ms. Page’s submission that the 29 months he had served in custody was enough…
Mr. Williams was arrested for Importing when 1kg of cocaine was found in his suitcase at the Toronto airport. At trial, Ms. Page persuaded the Judge that her client’s right to counsel had been violated since there was a 58-minute delay before he was allowed to speak with duty counsel, and he was not told he had the right to speak with counsel of his own choice….
Two Toronto police officers investigated Ms. Page’s client who was seated on the passenger side of a parked vehicle. One officer testified that, as he rode past...
For the first time in Canadian law, a person found guilty of trafficking heroin has been granted a non-jail sentence. Ms. Page’s client was addicted to heroin when he sold $2300 of the drug to an undercover officer over a 3-month period…
The police arrested Ms. Page’s client for a series of robberies. Back at the Division, the youth was placed into an interview room for questioning. According to Officer Aikman, the young man grabbed him…
With over 20 previous convictions for serious sexual offences, the Crown brought an Application to have Ms. Page’s client designated a “Dangerous Offender”…
Alana Page’s client was charged with Possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking when the police responded to a 911-call at his home and then unlawfully searched the residence…
After spending two days cross-examining the police computer expert, Ms. Page successfully convinced the Crown Attorney to withdraw her client’s charges of Possession and Making child pornography available…
After receiving information from a Confidential Informant, the police obtained a warrant to search the client’s home. Inside, they found handguns, marijuana, cash and evidence connected to a break-in at Holt Renfrew…
The Judge agreed that the client’s right to silence had been violated when the police “tricked” him into participating in a casual conversation, and then later recorded portions of the statement…
The jury accepted defence counsel’s submissions that the client was not guilty of first degree murder because there was insufficient evidence of “planning and deliberation”…
