R. v. T.Q. – October 2024

Our client was stopped two separate times by police under suspicion on driving while impaired by drugs, with the second time occurring while the client was prohibited from driving. Our lawyers raised issues on the police timeline of providing our client their Charter rights while they waited for an officer to do a Standardized Field Sobriety Test and an illegal search of the centre console of the vehicle. At a pre-trial conference, a judge agreed with our arguments and strongly suggested the Crown consider resolving the case. Client plead to an offence under the Motor Vehicle Act and avoided a criminal conviction and no driving prohibition.