How Will Impaired Driving (DUI) Affect My Life and License?

Impaired driving, sometimes called “DUI,” is a leading cause of road accidents and fatalities. This is the key reason why the law takes impaired driving very seriously. You may be surprised to learn just how seriously. Upon conviction for impaired driving or “DUI,” a $1000 fine, 1-year driving prohibition, and criminal record are mandatory minimum …

Continue reading

A Partial Joint Submission is Joint Nonetheless

In R v Manca, 2019 BCCA 280, the BC Court of Appeal held that a joint submission as to part of a sentence would constitute a true joint submission as to that part, despite the parties’ disagreeing as to another aspect of the sentence. In the case of Manca, the defence and Crown both proposed a sentence of 9 …

Continue reading

No Jail for Nanaimo Man in Shotgun Dispute

A Nanaimo man charged in an August 2016 shotgun-firing incident will not serve any jail time. Eric Gene Wesley Jr. received a conditional discharge during sentencing at provincial court in Nanaimo on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in July 2017 to careless use or storage of a firearm in an Aug. 24, 2016 incident, when he …

Continue reading

The Plastic-Cutlery Caper: Jail Escape Hits the Wall

An inmate used a plastic knife, fork and spoon to cut a large hole in the ceiling of his jail cell, but had no prospect of actually scraping his way to freedom because of cinder-block walls, Victoria provincial court heard Friday. Jason Kilbach, an inmate at Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, was sentenced to a …

Continue reading