Cocaine

Possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine & Proceeds of crime.

R. v. A.M. | 2024 | BRAMPTON

The client came to me after he set trial dates with another lawyer who he had no confidence in. The lawyer had encouraged him to plead to a two year sentence, which he refused to do. The client fired that lawyer, hired us, and we immediately requested the disclosure, assuming it would be sent quickly having already been disclosed to previous counsel. My office was shocked to learn that some of the most significant items of disclosure had never been provided, including drug logs, property reports, surveillance notes and videos, police notes from the search, and photos from the search. The Crown could not even say where in the house the cocaine had been located! After pressing the Crown for 4 months to receive the missing items, they decided to withdraw the charges without ever setting new trial dates.