Charged with Impaired Driving Toronto

Recent Successes – Charged with Impaired Driving: R. v. J.B.L. (February 2018)

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Charged with Impaired Driving TorontoCharged with Impaired Driving and Driving with Over 80 mgs of Alcohol in 100 mgs of Blood

My client was charged with Impaired Driving and Driving with Over 80 mgs of Alcohol in 100 mgs of Blood. Both charges were dismissed after trial.

On the evening that my client was charged he had done everything right. He went to a friend’s uncle’s residence to get together with his nephew who was visiting from away. My client consumed a quantity of alcohol, to the extent that he did not want to drive home. As a result my client’s friend, the nephew, drove him home, and his uncle followed in another vehicle. The intention was that the uncle was going to follow to pick up the nephew after my client was dropped off with his vehicle.

An Unfortunate Misunderstanding

Unfortunately, on the way home the nephew ended up causing an accident. As circumstances had it my client exited his vehicle, from the passenger side first and approached the other driver and apologized. My client’s actions, including providing his Driver License, Insurance and Registration gave the impression to the other driver that in fact my client was driving, which he was not. However, as a result and ultimately against my client’s protestations that he was not driving, my client was arrested for the charges of Impaired Driving charged and Driving with Over 80 mgs of Alcohol in 100 mgs of Blood.

Our Process

When my client came to me the first thing we did was ensure we had the necessary witnesses, the nephew and uncle, for Trial. We had both of them provide written statements that they signed and we filed in my client’s file. Next, we checked for any video coverage from the neighbouring buildings. We were fortunate enough to obtain video coverage of the accident, however because of the distance we were unable to identify who exited from the driver’s side and passenger side of my client’s vehicle after the accident. Therefore, the video coverage was inconclusive as to whether or not my client was the driver.

Therefore, it was essential that I be able to raise  reasonable doubt by cross examining the witness/driver that my client’s nephew hit, in order to establish that he could have been mistaken as to who the driver of my client’s vehicle was. I was able to establish through cross examination of the other driver that in fact circumstances could have caused him to mistakenly identify my client as the driver.

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Donna V Pledge, is a highly experienced criminal lawyer in Toronto with over twenty-five years of experience in the area of criminal offences. She has been successfully defending clients since 1992. She has earned the reputation of a tough and no-nonsense lawyer who can get her clients out of any criminal case with either a full acquittal or a very light sentence. Donna Pledge represents her clients in courts all over Ontario.

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