Successes
Sometimes the prosecution will withdraw impaired driving charges before trial dates have even been set, if Defence Counsel can justify the Crown doing so based on the client's individual... Read More »
The client faced trial on allegations of impaired driving and refusing to provide a breath sample, after he had been found asleep in a vehicle that had collided with another in a gas station... Read More »
The client had always maintained that she was not impaired by drugs when she was arrested at the scene of an accident. The Drug Recognition Expert – a police officer specially trained to examine... Read More »
The client and an accomplice had broken into an apartment to rob a drug dealer. Not long after they entered the apartment, a struggle ensued over a loaded handgun. Three occupants of the apartment... Read More »
The client was charged with impaired operation of a conveyance, and having a blood-alcohol concentration above the legal limit within two hours of operating a conveyance. At trial, Mr. MacDonald... Read More »
Link to the article from the Toronto Star:
Man who fatally beat Toronto DJ in midtown apartment building found guilty of manslaughter (thestar.com)
Link to the news article from the Sarnia Observer:
Jury finds Sarnia-area man not guilty of first-degree murder | The Sarnia Observer (theobserver.ca)
The client was accused of choking his long-time friend into unconsciousness in the hallway outside her apartment, and that he did so right in front his friend’s daughter – the little girl he had... Read More »
At first blush, the Crown’s case might have seemed insurmountable: an unexplained vehicle collision, apparently poor driving directly observed by the police, a drug recognition officer finding the... Read More »
Tyler MacDonald’s client faced a single charge, but it was the most serious: first degree murder. The charge stemmed from allegations that the client was the perpetrator in an ambush-style shooting... Read More »