NOTABLE CASES
While the following contains a selection of memorable cases that the lawyer at Purser Law have litigated over their careers, this is by no means a complete listing of all cases handled by Purser Law. Cases have been initialized to protect the identity of the clients.
Show All Appeal Bail TrialR 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.
Appeal
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.
Appeal
R v R.P., 2019 ABQB (Unreported)
As remarked by the trial judge, after mounting a “spirited” defence for her client, Stacey’s client was acquitted of second-degree murder.
Trial
R v G.B., 2019 ABQB (Unreported)
On summary conviction appeal, Stacey had a conviction for child sexual assault overturned on the basis that the trial judge applied different standard of scrutiny to the accused’s evidence when compared to the complainants.
Appeal
R v M.T., 2019 ABQB (Unreported)
Stacey successfully obtained three sentences of 120 days each for three counts of robbing a bank in order to give her Permanent Resident client the chance to go before the Immigration Appeal Division to resist deportation.
Trial
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.
Trial
R v M.P., 2019 MBPC (Unreported)
Stacey obtained bail for an individual to continue parole (which is almost unheard of) at a half-way house in Winnipeg, MB, despite being charged with inter-provincial firearms trafficking in Manitoba.
Bail
R v J.C., 2018 NWTCA 5
In the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal, Stacey convinced the Court of Appeal to overturn a conviction for a youth sexual assault because the verdict was unreasonable (a notoriously difficult ground of appeal to argue).
Appeal
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.
Trial
R v M.P., 2018 ABQB (Unreported)
After running a highly successful preliminary inquiry on inter-provincial firearms trafficking charges, the Crown dropped the charges (i.e., entered a Stay of Proceedings) in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench.
Trial
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.
Trial
R v F.E., 2017 ABQB (Unreported)
Stacey was able to convince the Crown prosecutor to agree to overturn a conviction for sexual assault (and not to further prosecute her client) on the basis that the trial judge gave insufficient reasons for the conviction.
Appeal