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Mr. Gregory has an interest in defending narcotics cases,
money laundering legislation, tax evasion and commercial crime,
and impaired
driving offences. He
also defends individuals accused of illegal weapons
possession, murder, assault
and sex
crimes. Mr. Gregory has defended narcotics cases for 20 years. Defending narcotics charges is a challenging area of criminal law. Charges include trafficking in narcotics, production of narcotics, cultivating marijuana, possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, conspiracy to traffic in narcotics. Money Laundering or possession of the proceeds of crime is a prosecution often intertwined with narcotics prosecutions. To properly defend these cases, defence counsel must be experienced in the law of search and seizure and have a developed trial strategy to properly attack the validity of search warrants and wiretap authorizations. You have the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure. Section 8 of the <pdf> Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms enshrines this right: Search or seizure 8. Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. Mr. Gregory has defended narcotics cases for 15 years including multi-kilo narcotics importation cases, wiretap conspiracy cases, multi-million dollar cultivation cases, multi-level trafficking offences. Defending narcotics cases includes a vigourous cross-examination of government witnesses including search warrant and wiretap affiants. One of the critical trial strategies includes thorough and complete disclosure and discovery applications. Mr. Gregory has won cases involving cultivating marijuana, possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. He has had clients discharged on multi-kilogram cocaine possession cases, 40 kilogram marijuana possession cases and has successfully argued search and seizure cases where the evidence has been excluded in narcotics cases.
TAX
EVASION, FRAUD AND COMMERCIAL CRIME Typically, Federal prosecutors litigate Tax evasion cases and Provincial prosecutors litigate commercial crime and fraud cases. These areas of criminal litigation involve the state executing warrants for the search and seizure of personal records, bank documents and other business records and documents that they believe may assist in the proof of a crime. The prosecution in a tax evasion case may call as witnesses investigative members of Revenue Canada. They may also retain expert witnesses including chartered accountants or tax or fraud experts. Similarly, in a fraud or commercial crime case the prosecution will call investigators from Fraud and Commercial Crime Units and may also retain expert witnesses including chartered accountants or fraud experts. Mounting a defence to a commercial crime or income tax evasion prosecution is complex and may appear overwhelming. You face what may seem to be insurmountable and bottomless resources of the state. You can mount this defence. You need an aggressive and thorough defence. You can mount your defence with tax experts, chartered accountants, and private investigators. You too would be part of the defence team.
Impaired driving is one of the most complex prosecutions found within the Criminal Code. The Crown must prove all elements of the offence. There are several issues that often arise within an impaired driving prosecution including the following (this list is not by any means exhaustive): Proof of driving of the motor vehicle; Proof the defendant’s driving was impaired by alcohol or a drug; (physical signs, driving pattern etc.); Proof that the investigating officer possessed reasonable and probable grounds to demand a sample of breath or blood for analysis; Proof that the breath sample was taken and analyzed according to the Criminal Code; There are many issues involved in drinking and driving cases including the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure of blood or breath samples, the right to counsel, the intention of a driver who is not operating a motor vehicle upon police arrival. There are many cases where investigators make mistakes in investigations or assessing impairment or do not follow investigative procedure, which results in acquittals for individuals charged with drinking and driving offences. Mr. Gregory is a Certified Technician on Intoxilyzer 5000 and 400 models (breath alcohol testing products). Industrial Testing & Design, the exclusive distributor and trainer for Intoxilyzer products for the Canadian Department of Transport and Occupational Health and Safety certified Mr. Gregory. Being authorized to conduct breath testing as if he were a police officer, Mr. Gregory is familiar with all of the testing procedures used by the police, a benefit to his clients when defending them on an impaired driving charge. Mr. Gregory has defended individuals charged with the most serious offences including impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing death, and dangerous driving causing death.
It is critical that as a gun owner, you understand your obligations and rights under the Criminal Code and Firearms Act. Mr. Gregory has defended many individuals ranging from charges failing to properly register a firearm to possessing prohibited weapons, careless storage of firearms and the use of firearms for self-defence. He has worked closely with the National Firearms Association on many cases.
Mr.
Gregory can represent you in relation to a "simple" assault
case to the most serious charge in the Criminal Code, murder.
A simple assault case may be a fight in a bar, a spousal assault
or a consensual fight. Assault
charges become more serious when the assault causes bodily harm such as
cuts requiring stitching, bruising, a broken nose or bones, or injuries
that are not temporary or trifling.
Mr. Gregory also defends individuals charged with offences such
as assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, which includes injuries
that are life-threatening, to manslaughter and murder charges.
As the type of assault becomes more serious, so do the penalties
imposed by the criminal justice system.
Regardless of whether you are charged with a simple assault or
the most serious crime, murder, Mr. Gregory can assist you.
Being charged with a sex crime is one of the most difficult things a defendant can face. First, there is a social stigma of being charged with the sex crime. Second, it is not uncommon to face a charge of sexual assault based solely upon the evidence of a complainant. You may face charges without the prosecution providing any physical evidence to prove the charge but simply with a statement from an individual telling the police they have been sexually assaulted. It is critical to mount a thorough and complete defence to these kinds of charges. You may require the use of expert evidence including psychologists, private investigators, and polygraph experts. Mr. Gregory has successfully defended sexual assault cases both before judge and jury and judge alone trials.
Mr. Gregory also has an interest in conducting appeals from trials. Appeals may be from conviction, the sentence imposed, or both. Mr. Gregory has appeared in the highest appeal courts in both Alberta and British Columbia. Appeals require written legal argument and exhaustive legal research. Mr. Gregory has conducted appeals on Criminal Code and Controlled Drug and Substances Act offences.
Whether
you are charged with fraud, narcotics, impaired driving, sexual assault,
or firearms offences, you may require the use of an expert to properly
defend your case. Mr.
Gregory’s office will retain experts from across North America.
In the medical field, Mr. Gregory has utilized as expert
witnesses the top psychiatrists, psychologists, and pharmacologists. He has also used the top polygraph experts, private
investigators, handwriting and document analysis experts and alcohol (intoxilyzer)
elimination experts. In
commercial crime and tax evasion cases, he has employed chartered
accountants, private investigators, and tax experts. |
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