This is a sampling of recent Alberta or Supreme Court of Canada impaired driving cases. Case summaries are added approximately on a weekly basis. The cases selected are intended to highlight some of the typical issues and defences which arise in impaired driving law. The cases summarized may or may not be consistent with higher precedent cases, may have been overturned on appeal in the interim, or may be subject to ongoing appeals.
Case summaries are provided courtesy of the Alberta Criminal Trial Research Centre, a wholly owned division of the law firm of Dawson Stevens & Shaigec, Barristers.
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Recent Cases
Case for the Week of April 21, 2008
Right to counsel suspended at roadside if 15 minute wait is to allow mouth alcohol to dissipate
impairedrivinghelp_com-1167.pdf - 25.97 KB - 21 Apr 2008
Case for the Week of April 14, 2008
Constitutional challenge to roadside testing regime fails
impairedrivinghelp_com-1166.pdf - 30.4 KB - 14 Apr 2008
Case for the Week of April 7, 2008
Suspect not advised under detention when told to move to police car; symptoms excluded from evidence.
impairedrivinghelp_com-1162.pdf - 31.05 KB - 07 Apr 2008
Case for the Week of March 31, 2008
15 min wait in police cruiser before police read screening demand violation of 10(a)
impairedrivinghelp_com-1161.pdf - 27.59 KB - 31 Mar 2008