Author: The Law Office of Patrick C. Fagan, K.C.
1. Regina v. X.L.M. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary – January 2013]
The police received a tip from a concerned citizen regarding a suspected residential marijuana grow operation. The police conducted surveillance on the home where they [...]
Suspect acquitted: Scientific evidence bolsters defence
Science won out over sensory perception yesterday when a Calgary jury acquitted a robbery suspect. Four eyewitnesses linked RMM to the scene of the crime, [...]
2. Regina v. J.L.L. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Cochrane – March 2013]
JLL charged with impaired driving and failing to provide samples of his breath into the intoxilyzer. Police responded to a citizen’s complaint of an impaired [...]
2. Regina v. A.A.A. [Provincial Court of British Columbia, Cranbrook – January 2013]
Client was operating a motor vehicle when he was pulled over by the police for an alleged minor traffic violation. During the course of AAA’s [...]
Rash of fraud charges laid
Mounties have laid 47 fraud-and theft-related charges against a local financial consultant accused of bilking investors out of more than $300,000. Police said that between [...]
3. Regina v. A.B.D. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Cochrane – April 2013]
Charged with impaired driving and over .08. ABD drove through a check stop where the police suspected that she had alcohol in her body so [...]
3. Regina v. H.M.V. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Ponoka – February 2013]
Police obtained and executed a warrant to search residential premises where they seized approximately $3,500.00 worth of marijuana, a small quantity of cocaine, scales and [...]
Fraud artist gets house arrest
A former Calgary financial consultant will not have to go to jail after admitting he bilked eight of his clients out of $280,579. Provincial court [...]
4. Regina v. A.C.N. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary – April 2013]
Charge of refusing to provide a roadside sample. The police were sitting in the parking lot of a bar when they observed ACN back out [...]
4. Regina v. M.S.R.[Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary – February 2013]
As a result of information provided by a so-called reliable confidential informant the police conducted an investigation into the alleged drug trafficking activity of MSR [...]