Weapons Offences and Applications
Weapons Lawyer Edmonton
In addition to firearms trafficking, there are many weapons offences in the Criminal Code that you may be charged with. Some are possession offences and some are discharge offences. Many come with lengthy mandatory minimum periods of imprisonment. For those that do not have a mandatory minimum, or those where the mandatory minimum has been struck down, the starting point or acceptable range of sentences still involves time in a Federal Institution (i.e. more than two years jail). Some weapons offences (e.x., discharge with intent, section 244 of the Criminal Code) come with the same mandatory minimum period of imprisonment as manslaughter with a firearm (i.e. 4 years imprisonment). Therefore, it is extremely important that if you are charged with a weapons or firearms offence, that you call an experienced Edmonton Firearms Lawyer.
Seized Firearms Edmonton
If you are not charged with a Criminal Code offence, the police may still seize your firearms and apply to have them forfeited to the government. Even though you are not charged with a Criminal Offence, you likely still have the right to a hearing under the Criminal Code. If your firearms have been seized, and you would like them returned at some point, it is important to call an Edmonton Criminal Lawyer who has dealt with firearm seizure applications before.
Experienced Firearms Lawyer Edmonton
Purser Law has a wide range of experience dealing with both possession and discharge weapons offences. Stacey has also successfully dealt with non-Criminal firearms applications on numerous occasions.
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If you have been charged with a weapons offence, or your firearms have been seized, call an Edmonton Criminal Lawyer at Purser Law at 1-800-523-6202 for a free 30- minute consultation or book online now.
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Notable Cases
R v G.A., 2019 ABCA 223
Stacey successfully defended a client convicted of manslaughter and discharge with intent from a Crown Sentence Appeal, at the Alberta Court of Appeal, where the Crown sought to increase the sentence from 12 to 15 years imprisonment. Their appeal was denied.
R v J.P, 2019 ABCA (Unreported)
After arguing that her client would not have entered a guilty plea to manslaughter had a joint-submission not been agreed to, Stacey was able to convince the Crown to consent to a sentence appeal, reducing a sentence of 20 years to 10 years.
R v M.T., 2019 ABQB (Unreported)
Stacey successfully obtained three sentences of 120 days each for three counts of robbing a bank (initially charged as robbery with a firearm) in order to give her Permanent Resident client the chance to go before the Immigration Appeal Division to resist deportation.
R v D.D., 2019 ABPC (Unreported)
Despite the client wrongfully confessing to a drive by shooting, through her extensive preparation and skillful cross-examination of witnesses, Stacey was able to obtain an acquittal at trial.
R v L.B., 2018 ABQB (Unreported)
An acquittal was obtained following a shoddy police investigation and a skillful cross-examination by Ms. Purser, where one of the crown’s key witnesses walked off the stand during Ms. Purser’s cross-examination.
R v D.A., 2018 ABPC (Unreported)
At a preliminary inquiry, Stacey convinced the Crown to enter a Stay of Proceedings on a serious home-invasion robbery on the basis that there was no reasonable likelihood of convicting her client.
R v J.H., 2017 ABQB (Unreported)
On a QB bail review, Stacey was able to obtain release with only 3 conditions (i.e. to Report, Reside where Approved, and not go to where the incident occurred) for her client who was implicated in a drive-by-shooting.
R v C.S., 2017 ABPC (Unreported)
After obtaining a favorable ruling limiting the admissibility of expert dog-track evidence, Stacey successfully convinced the Crown to offer a plea to simple robbery with a 2-year sentence on an armed robbery of a jewelry store.