Other Areas of Practice

Other Offence

R. v. S.R., 2021 Hannah

SR was charged with impaired driving causing death. It was blizzarding outside, they had been drinking and the vehicle flipped, causing significant injury to one passenger, and death to the other. The client showed significant remorse. Further, significant constitutional breaches arose concerning his client’s right to a lawyer, and searches of the motor vehicle and subsequent warrants that were obtained. All this evidence was challenged, and it was a possibility that he could have beaten the case. However, after extensive negotiations with the crown, coupled with a potentially botched investigation and the remorse of the client, he pled guilty to assault causing bodily harm and received a community-based disposition when these offences nearly always result in jail.

Result: NO JAIL

Other Offence

R. v. J.A. 2020, Calgary

J.A. was charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm. The complainant’s leg was nearly amputated when he mounted the curb and hit her. Such cases typically command months of jail, but Ryan Patmore was able to secure a community-based disposition for his client.

Result: NO JAIL

Other Offence

R. v. T.F., 2019 Red Deer

T.F. was charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm when his vehicle was struck by the complainant, who was shown to be at fault for the accident. Through extensive cross-examination and trial time, there was a causation issue, and T.F. was found not guilty.

Result: NO CRIMINAL RECORD

Other Offence

R. v. R.C., 2021 Calgary

R.C. was charged with serious drug trafficking charges and firearms offences. However, through complex litigation and challenging the admissibility of the drugs and guns due to breaches of his client’s right to unlawful search and seizure, arbitrary detention, and a breach of his rights to a lawyer, the evidence was excluded, and his client was found not guilty.

Result: NO CRIMINAL RECORD