Case Law

Tran v The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

2014 FC 1040

producing marijuana

A Vietnamese immigrant beat a marijuana conviction that could have gotten him deported — because his 12-month house arrest sentence wasn't actually *imprisonment* under immigration law.

UltraLyte LR B Operating Manual Analysis

Laser Technology Inc. — UltraLyte LR B User's Manual

speeding — laser speed measurement

This UltraLyte LR B laser speed gun manual reveals the technical vulnerabilities and operational requirements that could challenge your speeding ticket — including the cosine effect that reduces measured speeds and the jamming issues that can create false readings.

UltraLyte UL100 Operating Manual Analysis

Laser Technologies Inc. UL100 Manual (Toronto Police Service Edition, January 1998)

speeding detection device specifications

This police radar gun manual reveals the exact technical limitations and operating procedures that could make or break your speeding ticket defense — including the critical 15-meter minimum range and mandatory alignment tests officers must perform.

United States of America v Shephard

[1977] 2 SCR 1067

extradition crime

When a co-conspirator's testimony is literally *too good to be true* — promising freedom in exchange for damning evidence — even an extradition judge has to ask: is this witness lying through his teeth?

United States v. O'Connor (and Olaniyan)

2026 ONCA 713

Fraud over $5,000 (equivalent Canadian offence)

Where voice identification was only one factor among several, an accent-based description did not make the identification manifestly unreliable, and the committal orders were upheld.

Ville de Baie-Comeau v D'Astous

1992 CanLII 2956 (QC CA)

speeding

A Baie-Comeau cop clocked someone doing 114 km/h in a 50 zone with his radar gun — but forgot to test the machine *after* writing the ticket, and that missing step killed the entire prosecution.

York (Regional Municipality) v. Billinger

[2005] O.J. No. 2627

traffic offences

York Region tried to overturn six traffic ticket dismissals — but even though the judge said five tickets were wrongly quashed, he refused to help because the municipality promised not to re-prosecute anyone.

York (Regional Municipality) v. Burnett

[2012] O.J. No. 3239

provincial offence

A fax to the defendant's legal representative was enough to serve proper notice — even when the Provincial Offences Act seemed to require personal delivery or mail.

York (Regional Municipality) v. McGuigan

2018 ONCA 1062

speeding

A simple speeding ticket for going 75 km/h in a 60 zone turned into a three-year legal odyssey — all because the prosecutor refused to hand over a few pages from a radar gun manual.

York (Regional Municipality) v. Pellicci

2017 ONCJ 85

speeding

Four different drivers got plea deals with prosecutors, walked into court expecting routine approvals — and watched Justices of the Peace tear up their agreements for reasons that made an appeal court judge absolutely furious.

York (Regional Municipality) v. Sahraeian

2011 ONCJ 253

failing to have motor vehicle insurance card

Sheida Sahraeian filed for an extension to appeal her traffic tickets, didn't show up to court, filed *again* the next day — and discovered that Ontario's new "one strike and you're out" rule had quietly killed her second chance.

York (Regional Municipality) v. Tomovski

[2017] ONCJ 785

speeding

A speeding ticket that took 538 days to resolve triggered a constitutional showdown that redefined how long Ontarians should wait for justice — and the judge wasn't buying York Region's excuses.

York (Regional Municipality) v. Winlow

[2009] ONCA 643

speeding

A police officer cut a speeding driver a break by writing a ticket for 15 km/h over instead of 30 km/h — but when the driver chose trial, the prosecutor wanted to "amend up" to the real speed and triple the fine.