Drinking and Driving Attorneys in North York Courts, Ontario DUI Legislation ON
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This is a database of North York, Ontario DUI Law information contributed by Ontario drinking and driving attorneys who practice DUI law in and near North York, ON and who are members of the International Referral Database of DUI, DWI, Impaired and Drunk Driving, Drinking and Driving, Lawyers & Attorneys. Participation in the database is free to DUI Defense lawyers. The aim of the database is to provide the public and colleagues in other states and provinces with a great deal of good quality information about local DUI laws and practice. If the data below is incomplete, please encourage local attorneys to join and add helpful information. If a particular DUI attorney's name is not mentioned, he or she may not yet have joined the database or they may not have specifically listed "North York" in the region field of their profile. If a particular DUI courthouse is not detailed, it may not yet be entered in the database or no one has listed "North York" in the cities or towns served field of that courthouse.
You will find helpful information about any criminal law courthouses found in North York, Ontario, and perhaps motor vehicle license offices in North York, Ontario. Below you will also find links to Summaries of Drunk Driving Law for Ontario,information about what to do on first attendance in DUI Court in the greater North York, Ontario area, what clothing you should wear in DUI Court if you are in North York, Ontario, and why you should be early for Court in North York, Ontario. There are links to listings of Ontario DUI Criminal Law Courthouses and motor vehicle offices throughout Ontario. Follow the BAC instruments links and standards links to find out about the breath alcohol concentration (BAC) instruments used in Ontario.
ON DUI Drinking and Driving laws can be complex. DUI Legislation may be found by following the links to the Ontario drinking and driving statutes.
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DUI Attorney Mississauga: Stephen Biss
Any time that you appear in a DUI court or a criminal laws court, you should be appropriately dressed in good quality clothing to show respect to the Court. Always be on time for your court appearance. On first appearance in Ontario, Canada, the accused person should ask for an adjournment for two or three weeks so that he or she may properly retain a criminal law lawyer with expertise in DUI, DWI, Youth Court law, or other specific area of criminal law. A disclosure package of police officers' notes and witness statements may be given out by the Crown as well as a synopsis of the DUI charge, a breath room video and a charge screening form. Safeguard these handouts and bring them to your criminal law lawyer immediately. You will not be asked to indicate a plea on first appearance. Duty counsel is usually available for emergency advice.
You may be wondering, "Should I plead guilty to drinking and driving or can I fight the DUI charge?" Remember, there will be costly insurance implications if you are convicted. For best results, hire a lawyer with substantial DUI laws or other experience related to this area of criminal law . Make notes of what happened using The Canadian Impaired Driving Checklist and bring them to your lawyer. Mississauga, Brampton, and Toronto criminal law lawyer, Stephen Biss has extensive experience in defending DUI, drunk driving and care or control cases since 1979. He also has the experience of prosecuting DUI impaired driving matters as a Part-time Assistant Crown Attorney in Mississauga, Brampton, and Orangeville.
First appearance in a busy , Ontario DUI courthouse can be intimidating. Do not bring sharp objects, knives, drugs, or cell phones into courthouse. Security at the entrance to the DUI Courthouse may seize these objects from you. Some Greater Toronto Area courthouses have security similar to an airport. It is unwise to carry a cell phone since it may accidentally ring in DUI Court and you may receive a nasty scolding from the criminal court judge. Some judges in the Greater Toronto Area order that cell phones shall be seized in the courtroom and placed on the clerk's desk only to be returned once criminal Court is finished. Besides creating the obvious nuisance if they ring, cell phones can also interfere with sensitive voice lift and recording equipment in the criminal law courthouse. Ask your DUI attorney for more information about what you should do and not do in DUI and criminal court in Ontario.Other Ontario DUI Links:
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I have been practicing criminal law defence since 1979 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, focusing in the Greater Toronto Area. My experience includes both prosecution and defence. I have been a part-time Assistant Crown Attorney since 1981 and per diem duty counsel since 1979. I have special interest in impaired driving law and Youth Court law issues. I enjoy legal research and creative criminal law defences that capture the Court's imagination. I employ expert toxicologists, engineers, and photographers to help prove my client's case is just and reasonable. I spend a great deal of time in the Ontario Court of Justice Criminal Court in Brampton, Mississauga, Orangeville, Toronto, Oakville, and the surrounding municipalities. My clients come from the whole Greater Toronto Area including courts in Kitchener, Hamilton, Burlington, Milton, Newmarket, Etobicoke, Scarborough, Whitby, and Oshawa. I am past Treasurer and past President of the Peel Criminal Lawyers Association, as well as past webmaster and listserv manager for the Ontario Criminal Lawyers' Association.
I am actively involved as a presenter in continuing legal education programmes for impaired driving attorneys and law associations in Ontario.A conviction for either impaired operation, over 80 mg/100mL, or refusal to provide a breath sample results in a minimum DUI fine or jail: 600 dollar fine for a first, minimum 14 days jail for a second, or a minimum of 90 days in jail for a third. A Criminal Code driving prohibition will be imposed by the Court precluding operation of a motor vehicle anywhere in Canada for at least one year. Minimum automatic driver's licence suspension by the Ministry upon conviction in Ontario of 1 year for a first, 3 years for a second, lifetime for a third. Course and fee required for licence reinstatement. Installation of an ignition interlock system is required after reinstatement. There is an automatic administrative licence suspension for 90 days immediately upon arrest. If you drive while suspended in Ontario, you face harsh penalties. Please see the Canadian Criminal Law Case Briefs database for more information.
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Drinking and Driving Attorney in North York, Ontario
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Legislation
| Substantive DUI/Excess Alcohol Offense | Criminal Code of Canada | 253 | Impaired Driving/Over 80 |
| Substantive DUI/Excess Alcohol Offense | Highway Traffic Act | 130 | Careless Driving |
| Refusal Offense/Presumption | Criminal Code of Canada | 254 (5) | Refusal Offence |
| Administrative Driver's License Suspension | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 48 | 12 Hour Suspension Over 50 mg/100mL |
| Administrative Driver's License Suspension | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 48.3 | Automatic 90 Day Suspension when Charged with Over 80 or Refusal |
| Administrative Driver's License Suspension | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 50.1 (1) to (7) | Grounds for Appeal of ADLS |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 254 (2) | Approved Screening Device or Physical Tests Demand |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 254 (3) | Breath Demand |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 254(3) | Blood Demand |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 254(3.1) | Alcohol Drug Evaluation Demand and Screening Procedure |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 256(1) | Blood Warrant |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 258 (1) (a) | Care or Control Presumption |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 258 (1) (c) | Presumption of BAC |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 258(1)(f.1) | Instrument Test Record Card/Ticket |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Criminal Code of Canada | 258(1)(g) | Certificate of Qualified Technician |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 216 (1) | Power to Stop by a Police Officer |
| DUI Procedure/Evidence | Interpretation Act | 25 | Presumption of Accuracy |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Criminal Code of Canada | 255 (1) | Minimum Fine/Jail |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Criminal Code of Canada | 255.1 | Aggravating circumstances for sentencing over 160 |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Criminal Code of Canada | 259 (1) | Driving Prohibition |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act | 41(4.1) | Reduction in Suspension |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act | 41.1 | Re-instatement of Licence |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act | 57 | Conduct Review Programme with Interlock |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 41 | Lookback Periods for Provincial Suspension |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 41 (1) | Suspension of Licence for Impaired/Over 80 |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 41.2 (1) to (13) | Ignition Interlock Devices on Re-instatement After Suspension |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 57 | Conduct Review Programs |
| Penalties/Suspension on Conviction, Prohibition | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario, Regulations | 287/08 | Reduction in Post-conviction Suspension with Interlock |
| Drive While Suspended Offense | Criminal Code of Canada | 259 (4) and (5) | Drive while Prohibited or Suspended Offence |
| Drive While Suspended Offense | Highway Traffic Act | 55.1(2) | Impound Vehicle for Drive Suspended |
| Drive While Suspended Offense | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 55.1 (1) to (3) | Impounding Vehicle Driven by Suspended Driver |
| Immigration/Exclusion of Visitors | Immigration Act of Canada | 36 (1) to (3) | Inadmissibility to Canada for Criminal Conviction |
| DUI Reciprocal Agreements | Highway Traffic Act of Ontario | 41 (1) | Automatic Suspension on Conviction in Reciprocating US State |
| Constitutional Rights | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 10 (b) | Right to Counsel |
| Constitutional Rights | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 11 (b) | Right to Trial Within a Reasonable time |
| Constitutional Rights | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 11(f) | Jury Trials |
| Constitutional Rights | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 7 | Trial Fairness and Disclosure |
| Expungement/Pardons/RecordPurge | Criminal Records Act | 3, 4, 5 | Application for a Pardon |
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