Practice Areas: Drinking & Driving Martin Peters, Barrister, Vancouver Criminal Defense Lawyer

Drinking and Driving Offences

These will include:

impaired driving: driving while your ability to do so is impaired by alcohol or a drug;
"over 80" or providing the police with a sample of your breath in which it is alleged that you have 80 milligrams of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood;
Refusing a breath sample. This can include either a refusal of an Approved Screening Device at the roadside or a Breathalyser at the police station.

Mr. Peters has a great deal of success with these cases. The defences are rather technical and can involve some interesting areas of science such as challenges to police attempts to utilize physical coordination tests.

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THE QUEEN V. WALKER-HURIA

The client was charged with second degree murder arising from a drunken confrontation with another young man. When interviewed by the police after speaking to counsel the client admitted to stabbing the young man but said he did not intend to kill him.

Alleged members of the UN gang were served with Letters of Requirement which demanded that they provide net worth statements for the past three tax years. The Minister had no real interest in the client’s tax affairs but rather was gathering information for the police.

Drinking and Driving Offences

THE QUEEN V. WALKER-HURIA

The client was charged with second degree murder arising from a drunken confrontation with another young man. When interviewed by the police after speaking to counsel the client admitted to stabbing the young man but said he did not intend to kill him.

RYAN ET AL. V. MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE

Alleged members of the UN gang were served with Letters of Requirement which demanded that they provide net worth statements for the past three tax years. The Minister had no real interest in the client’s tax affairs but rather was gathering information for the police.