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Provincial: All offences under the Motor Vehicle Act; Offences
Act, and the Young
Offender’s (BC)
Act in Provincial Court, Supreme Court, and BC Court of Appeal.
Federal:
All offences under the: Criminal Code; old Young Offender’s
Act,
new Youth
Justice Criminal
Act,
old Narcotics Control
Act
(NCA); and new Controlled
Drugs and
Substances Act
(CDSA) in Provincial
Court,Supreme Court, and BC
Court of Appeal.
Specific Matters:
-DUI:
Impaired, .08, Refusal, DWI; and Boating Under the
Influence (BUI). Washington
State and BC have some of North America’s toughest DUI laws.
-Offences
Against People: Assault: 1st – 4th degree;
Battery; Domestic Violence; Aggravated Assault; Assault Causing Bodily
Harm; Procuring; Sexual Assault; Sexual Exploitation; Indecent Acts;
Reckless Endangerment; Harassment; Stalking;
Uttering Threats; Robbery; Kidnapping; Rape; Statutory Rape; Hostage
Taking; Imprisonment; Abduction; Weapons; Criminal Libel Criminal
Defamation; Solicitation; Peace Bond; Obstructing;
Resisting Arrest; Invasion of Privacy; and Wiretap.
-Drug
& Alcohol: Evaluations –drug or chemical dependency; Minor
in Possession (MIP); Marijuana Possession; PPT; Sale or Promotion of Drug
Paraphernalia; and Trafficking; Seized Monies; Proceeds of Crimes.
-Warrants: Search & Seizure; Warrants; Proceed of Crime Warrants; §487
Warrants; Forensic deoxyribonucleic (DNA) Warrants.
-Homicide: Manslaughter, Murder 1-2; Infantcide and Felony
Murder.
-Motor
Vehicle: Dangerous Driving; DUI; DWLS 1st – 3rd
Degree; Negligent Driving 1st-2nd degree; Fatality
Cases; Vehicular Assault; GTA; Vehicle Prowling; Hit & Run; Traffic
Violations; Speeding Offences; and Radar.
-Property
Offences: Criminal Trespass; Theft; Larceny; Nuisances; Trespass
at Night; Malicious mischief; Reckless Burning; Arson; Criminal
Conversion; fraud; embezzlement; and B&E.
-Attempts
& Conspiracies: Aiding & Abetting; Party-Accessory, and
Counselling.
-Juvenile Offences: all offences.
-Prosecutorial Misconduct: Abuse of Process.
Defences: A number of defences can be raised depending on
the circumstances of each case, the can include: Automatism; Duress; Diefic
Decree; Dimensia; Diminished Capacity; Drunkeness; Due Diligence; Self-Defence;
Defence of Others; Defence of Property; Entrapment; Abuse of Process;
Intoxication; Mistake of Fact; Necessity; Res
Judicata; Collateral Estoppel; Reasonable Doubt; Insanity; Mental
Disorder.
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