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.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.


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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. 


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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R v G.B., 2019 ABQB (Unreported)

On summary conviction appeal, Stacey had a conviction for child sexual assault overturned on the basis that the trial judge applied different standard of scrutiny to the accused’s evidence when compared to the complainants.


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R v J.C., 2018 NWTCA 5

In the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal, Stacey convinced the Court of Appeal to overturn a conviction for a youth sexual assault because the verdict was unreasonable (a notoriously difficult ground of appeal to argue).


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