CARE OR CONTROL AND NOTICE TO SEEK GREATER PUNISHMENT

The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a 2009 conviction for impaired care or control, even after applying the  Supreme Court of Canada's definition of care or control in paragraph 33 of the 2012 R. v. Boudreault case (see November 25, 2012 blog entry). The Court also upheld the lifetime driving prohibition and stated that Mr. Campbell receiving oral notice of the Crown's intention to seek an increased punishment at the outset of trial proceedings was sufficient. R. v. Campbell, 2013 ONCA 544