R. v. K.L. [Provincial Court, Cochrane, January 2016]

In the early morning hours police received a call of an impaired driver that was allegedly all over the road. The police tracked down the vehicle that was the subject of the complaint and discovered it has been in an accident. K.L. allegedly displayed signs of impairment and was asked to provide a sample of his breath into a roadside device. K.L. provided a sample and failed the roadside test. He was arrested and subsequently provided two breath samples which showed that his blood alcohol was over the legal limit. Ms. Fagan secured the withdrawal of all charges before trial and the reinstatement of K.L.’s license.