NOTABLE CASES

While the following contains a selection of memorable cases Ms. Purser has litigated over her career, this is by no means a complete listing of all cases handled by Ms. Purser. Cases have been initialized to protect the identity of the clients.

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R v M.T., 2019 ABQB (Unreported)

Stacey successfully obtained three sentences of 120 days each for three counts of robbing a bank in order to give her Permanent Resident client the chance to go before the Immigration Appeal Division to resist deportation.


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R v D.D., 2019 ABPC (Unreported)

Despite the client wrongfully confessing to a drive by shooting, through her extensive preparation and skillful cross-examination of witnesses, Stacey was able to obtain an acquittal at trial.


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R v L.B., 2018 ABQB (Unreported)

An acquittal was obtained following a shoddy police investigation and a skillful cross-examination by Ms. Purser, where one of the crown’s key witnesses walked off the stand during Ms. Purser’s cross-examination.


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R v M.P., 2018 ABQB (Unreported)

After running a highly successful preliminary inquiry on inter-provincial firearms trafficking charges, the Crown dropped the charges (i.e., entered a Stay of Proceedings) in the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench.


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R v D.A., 2018 ABPC (Unreported)

At a preliminary inquiry, Stacey convinced the Crown to enter a Stay of Proceedings on a serious home-invasion robbery on the basis that there was no reasonable likelihood of convicting her client.


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R v C.S., 2017 ABPC (Unreported)

After obtaining a favorable ruling limiting the admissibility of expert dog-track evidence, Stacey successfully convinced the Crown to offer a plea to simple robbery with a 2-year sentence on an armed robbery of a jewelry store.


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