R v M.N., 2023 ABKB 567
Cateline successfully argued for a substituted verdict of acquittal on appeal, saving the client the stress and expense of a retrial, based on a complex evidentiary issue in an alleged parental child abduction case.
Appeal
R v S.H., 2022 ABCA 411
After initially having been denied bail pending appeal by a single justice of the ABCA, Stacey’s client was released following a rare Appellate Court Bail Review proceeding before 3 Judges of the Court of Appeal.
Appeal
R v S.G., 2022 ABCA 96
In the first case at the Alberta Court of Appeal dealing with COVID and trial delays, Stacey persuaded a panel of three justices to restore her client's stay of proceedings. In doing so, they held that, while COVID was an exceptional circumstance, the Crown still had to mitigate the delay.
Appeal
R v M.C., 2021 ABQB (Unreported)
After arguing that her client's right to adequate interpretation was breached at his trial, the Crown agreed to overturn a conviction for sexual assault, saving Stacey's client and his family from being deported.
Appeal
R v G.T., 2021 ABCA 75
At the Alberta Court of Appeal, Stacey successfully obtained substituted verdicts of acquittals for a client convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a minor. As such, the client was NOT required to incur the stress and expense associated with a re-trial.
Appeal
R v B.M., 2020 ABQB (Unreported)
A conviction for sexual assault was successfully substituted to a simple assault, with the sentenced reduced from 12 months to 5 months, so that her Permanent Resident client would not be deported.
Appeal
R v S.G., 2020 ABQB/ABPC (Unreported)
After successfully overturning 20+ convictions for Public Health Act offences, Stacey convinced the new sentencing judge to sentence her client to a $1 fine on each offence plead guilty to (for a total of <$20). The Crown was initially seeking in excess of $100,000.00 in fines.
Trial, Appeal
R v G.A., 2019 ABCA 223
Stacey successfully defended a client convicted of manslaughter and discharge with intent from a Crown Sentence Appeal, at the Alberta Court of Appeal, where the Crown sought to increase the sentence from 12 to 15 years imprisonment.Their appeal was denied.
Appeal
R v J.P, 2019 ABCA (Unreported)
After arguing that her client would not have entered a guilty plea to manslaughter had a joint-submission not been agreed to, Stacey was able to convince the Crown to consent to a sentence appeal, reducing a sentence of 20 years to 10 years.
Appeal