Author: The Law Office of Patrick C. Fagan, K.C.
Courtroom ‘dramedy’ shows just how blind city officials choose to be
“For $50, I learned you could ‘relate without getting close.’ For $100, a girl would lend you her Bartok records, have dinner and then let [...]
Prostitute’s last known john talks
Hours before tumbling into her death from the 22nd floor of a Vancouver hotel room, a Calgary escort was selling sex for cash, a pimping [...]
Man who chased attacker no vigilante, lawyer argues
CALGARY - Was [the accused] being a helpful citizen or a vigilante when he pursued a teen into a residence after the teen allegedly assaulted [...]
Court finds man justified in chasing teen who assaulted man
Cochrane’s [accused] was justified in chasing an assault suspect into a home, but went too far when he bashed in a bedroom door. That’s what [...]
Salesman cleared in pursuit of suspect
[The accused] was justified in pursuing a teen into a residence after he allegedly assaulted a man with his skateboard outside a Cochrane pub, a [...]
Good Samaritan acquitted of charge after chasing teen
A citizen can still be a Good Samaritan, with limits, a Calgary jury ruled April 8. [the accused], 29, was acquitted of a break and [...]
Judge sides with Good Samaritan who chased assault suspect
[A] would-be Good Samaritan won’t have a criminal record for breaking a door while chasing an assault suspect into a home. Justice Adele Kent yesterday [...]
R. v. B.T. [Provincial Court, Calgary, August 2014]
B.T. was charged with a number of serious charges related to the possession of a stolen, loaded handgun. If found guilty at trial T.B. was [...]
R. v. H.B. [Provincial Court, Canmore, August 2014 – June 2015]
H.B. was charged with assaulting three former girlfriends over the course of several years. The allegations were similar in nature – all three women told [...]
Regina v. B.P [Provincial Court, Canmore, July 2014]
B.P was charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine and MDMA) and possession of marijuana and methamphetamine. After receiving information [...]