Experienced Ontario criminal defence lawyer Richard Auger regularly defends clients charged with motor vehicle offences, including impaired driving, driving “over 80″ and refusal to provide a breath sample.
If you are convicted of an impaired driving offence, the penalties are…
Posted on August 1, 2010
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First-time convicted impaired drivers who used to face a license suspension of 12 months, may soon be back on the road in three months. However, to be eligible for the shortened suspension, they must first plead guilty.
They must also…
Posted on May 22, 2010
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Criminal defence lawyer Richard Auger has defended many clients charged with motor vehicle offences, including impaired driving, driving “over 80″ and refusal to provide a breath sample.
Call us at 613- 233-4529 so we can use our experience to help…
Posted on December 5, 2009
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According to the Ottawa Sun, a Mississippi Mills husband and wife were both charged with impaired driving inlate October. Apparently, the same officer arrested both spouses in two separate incidents within half an hour of one another.
The Sun reports…
Posted on November 9, 2009
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Six elements that must be proven before you can be found guilty of impaired driving in Ontario:
- You identity
- As a driver
- Of a motor vehicle
- As a driver operating a motor vehicle in a public place while
- Your
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Posted on September 5, 2009
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Although Ontario and Canada have strict laws against impaired driving and driving “over 80″, they could be much stricter.
An unlicensed impaired driver who killed four people in Sichuan province was handed a death sentence on July 24, 2009. Sun Weiming, a…
Posted on July 25, 2009
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A man drowned in the Ottawa River early in the morning on Friday, May 15th, 2009, after driving a stolen car into the water following a police chase, and then trying to swim to freedom.
The man is believed to…
Posted on May 19, 2009
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The House of Commons began hearings on February 23, 2009 to investigate whether the legal blood alcohol limit should be reduced to 0.05 rather than 0.08. It is uncertain whether the current impaired driving laws would simply be amended by lowering…
Posted on February 26, 2009
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It’s a legal provision generally reserved for the very worst criminals.
A Quebec prosecutor has applied to designate a repeat impaired driver who killed a 47 year old woman last year a dangerous offender. Although it is unlikely that this application will succeed,…
Posted on January 18, 2009
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On Highway 138, a male driver of a pick up truck, collided with a car driven by Heather Saaltink. Ms. Saaltink was killed in the accident. The male is currently facing charges, including impaired driving.
If you face serious criminal charges from…
Posted on January 8, 2009
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