Not exact matches
Often times, though not every time, our experienced injury lawyer, Jamie Butler, is able to secure a
plea negotiation for a substitutional charge to be added so that you plead
guilty to a Motor Vehicle Act offence (such as «undue care and attention» or «failing to remain at the scene» or being charged as an «owner» rather than a «driver» to a Motor Vehicle Act charge) instead
of a criminal hit and run charge.
I start with the premise that it is better to proceed to trial than plead
guilty, when the conviction and sentencing after a trial conviction is unlikely to be worse than the conviction and sentencing that would apply from the last status
of plea negotiations.
Vancouver Criminal Defense Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan negotiated over several months with Crown Counsel and after those
negotiations, the Prosecution agreed that in the face
of a variety
of problems with the Crown case, and even more so, given substantial steps the Client had taken towards rehabilitation, the most appropriate way to deal with the case was to DROP ALL CRIMINAL CHARGES and accept a
guilty plea under the Motor Vehicle Act.