R. v. Grant (2022), OJ No. 2472 (SCJ)
Client was stopped by police as he was driving. The officers claimed the smell of cannabis and their observation of a half-smoked joint on the client’s lap gave them authority to search the car and its occupants under the Cannabis Control Act. They found cannabis and 57g of cocaine in the client’s satchel. Ms. Page persuaded the Judge that the search was illegal and that Mr. Grant’s right to counsel had been violated.
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The police obtained a search warrant for a downtown apartment where they believed the client was selling narcotics, based on information from a Confidential Informant. According to the police, when they entered the unit, they saw Mr. Page’s client attempting to discard a 9mm semi-automatic handgun from his waistband…
Read MoreR. v. Thompson 2022 SCJ
Ms. Page’s client was charged with first-degree murder. At the end of the preliminary hearing, Ms. Page successfully argued that the client should be committed to trial only on a charge of manslaughter, thereby eliminating the risk of a life sentence…
Read MoreR v A.A. 2021 OCJ
Ms. Page’s client, a taxi driver, was charged with sexually assaulting a customer. After reviewing the disclosure materials, Ms. Page convinced the Crown to withdraw the charge rather than setting a trial date…
Read MoreR. v. Atkinson (2019) OJ No 3407 (SCJ)
Ms. Page’s client was found not guilty of all charges after the Judge agreed the police search was unlawful. The client was a passenger in the vehicle with a loaded firearm in his waistband. In the trunk, the police found a large quantity of oxycodone and hydromorphone…
Read MoreR. Nguyen (2019) OJ 5789 (SCJ)
Police found a loaded handgun in the client’s apartment. At the time, he was subject to a firearms prohibition. The Crown sought a 5-year sentence but the Judge accepted Ms. Page’s submission that the 29 months he had served in custody was enough…
Read MoreR. v. C. A. | 2000 | O.J. No. 2181
The crown was seeking a significant period of jail time for client who assaulted another young male with a knife.
Read MoreR. v. C. J. | 2001 | O.J. No. 3820
Ms. Page’s client, the ringleader in the armed robbery of a jewelry store, had previous convictions for assaults and weapons offences.
Read MoreR. v. M. J. | 2001 | O.J. No. 5827
The jury accepted defence counsel’s submissions that the client was not guilty of first degree murder because there was insufficient evidence of “planning and deliberation”.
Read MoreR. v. J. C. | 2001 | O.J. No. 1455
The Judge agreed that the client’s right to silence had been violated when the police “tricked” him into participating in a casual conversation, and then later recorded portions of the statement.
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