A young woman’s criminal charge of driving with a blood alcohol level of over .80 received excellent news today.  Criminal defence lawyer Richard Auger brought two Charter applications to argue that her rights had been violated.  Today, the judge indicated that he agreed that the client’s  rights to counsel and a trial without delay had been violated.  The charge was dismissed and she has no criminal record.

Richard and another lawyer represented a man accused of first degree murder. The three-week trial ended with an acquittal, marking the first time in 10 years that an Ottawa jury has freed a person charged with murder. Location: Ottawa, Ontario.

Richard represented a physician charged with sexual assault. He cross-examined the complainant alleging sexual assault, which resulted in the charges being withdrawn at the end of the preliminary hearing. Location: Pembroke, Ontario.

Richard was co-counsel on a jury trial for sexual assault, involving significant pre-trial work up and investigation to obtain records and other evidence to discredit the complainant. Based largely on Richard’s pre-trial preparation, senior counsel was able to discredit the complainant at the beginning of the trial. The Crown attorney abandoned the prosecution shortly after the trial started. Location: Toronto, Ontario.

Ottawa extradition lawyer Richard represented a defendant in an application for extradition of a person wanted in the U.S. on fraud allegations relating to a $500,000,000 fraud against the City of Philadelphia. After two weeks of hearings the extraditions judge agreed with Richard’s argument and the application for extradition was dismissed. Location: Toronto, Ontario.

Criminal lawyer Richard Auger represented a woman in an application by the Philippines for her on fraud charges. Richard was successful in having application denied. Location: Toronto, Ontario

Note: The previous two extradition cases are important because normally extradition is granted in Canada almost automatically. It is very difficult to defeat a request for extradition.

Richard successfully prosecuted a tow truck driver who killed a pedestrian in the course of his employment. The tow truck driver had been acquitted at a prior trial. Richard took over the case and was successful on appeal. He then tried the case and won a conviction. Location: Toronto, Ontario.

Five university students were charged and convicted in connection with a property dispute on University property. When convicted, they were represented by another lawyer. Richard took over the case and succeeded in overturning the convictions. Then he persuaded the Crown prosecutor to withdraw all of the charges. Location: Ottawa, Ontario.

A man approached another lawyer, who advised him to plead guilty to 4 serious sexual assault charges in exchange for a 3-year prison sentence. The defendant hired criminal defence lawyer Richard instead, who successfully persuaded the Crown to withdraw the charges. Location: Ottawa, Ontario.

Richard represented a man who had been involved in a bar fight where he killed another person. The defendant was under investigation for murder. Richard negotiated with the police and Crown attorneys, which resulted in no charges whatsoever being filed against the defendant. Location: Smiths Falls, Ontario.