R. v. J.S.

The accused, J.S. was charged with sexual assault, assault (choking), and forcible confinement. A significant amount of resources were put into mounting a defense for the accused, who vehemently denied the significant allegations against him, including obtaining interpreters and transcriptionists to translate and produce transcripts of serious recordings beneficial to the defense and bringing pretrial applications to have evidence of other sexual activity admitted into evidence at trial in order for him to make full answer and defense. The crown’s initial position on the resolution was a 5 to 10-year sentence, a DNA submission order subject to S.307 of the CC, a Weapon prohibition order subject to S.110 of the Weapons Prohibitions Act, and a Sex Offender Information Registry Order. The matter was set to trial, and with successful pretrial preparation, counsel Jonathan Pyzer was able to have all charges against the accused dismissed. The accused did not obtain a criminal record, a weapon prohibition order, a DNA order, or a Sex Offender Information Registry Order.