Category: Driving Offence Cases
Judge clears driver in fatal crash
The accused walked away from court Monday free of legal encumbrances after being acquitted of drunk driving in connection with an accident that claimed the [...]
Accused walks in car death: Reasonable doubt, says judge
Two trials and four years later, justice has still not been met for a Coalhurst father. The accused, his eyes clouded with unshed tears; was [...]
Appeal rattles victim’s family: Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted of impaired driving
Shocked members of a dead Lethbridge woman’s family say they have lost faith in the justice system after the man convicted in her death was [...]
Defence says statements inadmissible at accused’s retrial
A judge will likely rule today whether three incriminating statements given to police by a man accused of impaired driving causing death four years ago [...]
Accused’s statements ruled inadmissible
A judge has ruled two of three incriminating statements, made to Lethbridge police officers hours after a fatal vehicle collision in August 1993, will not [...]
Woman cleared in crash
A woman charged with careless driving in connection with a fatal highway crash has been found not guilty. The accused, 55, was critically injured in [...]
20. Regina v. E.K.E. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary – September 2014]
EKE came to the attention of the police as he was walking from a bar to a parking lot. According to the police he had [...]
19. Regina v. S.Y.S. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary – September 2014]
Charged with impaired driving and over .08. Police observed SYS`s vehicle speeding and driving erratically. On apprehension police observed indicia of impairment including difficulty producing [...]
18. Regina v. K.P.M. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary – June 2014]
Client charged with impaired driving and over .08. According to the police and several eye witnesses KPM rear-ended a cab stopped at a red light. [...]
17. Regina v. C.D.B. [Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary –May 2014]
Charged with impaired driving and refusing to provide samples of breath into the intoxilyzer. CDB observed the police manhandling a suspect outside a bar and [...]