The defendant was charged with impaired driving by drug causing bodily harm and refusal to provide a bodily substance sample.
The defendant drove his vehicle into a stranger's driveway and fell asleep at the wheel.
When police attended, the defendant's vehicle rolled backward, pinning an officer between the two vehicles and causing injury to the officer's knee.
A drug recognition expert concluded the defendant was impaired by cannabis and a central nervous system depressant.
The defendant was found guilty of impaired driving causing bodily harm and refusal to comply with a demand for a bodily substance sample.
The court rejected the defendant's Charter s. 10(b) application, finding his rights to counsel were properly upheld and that no second consultation with counsel was required before the bodily substance demand.
