SUPREME COURT OF CANADA - BREATH DEMANDS

The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments Thursday regarding the appeal of the R. v. Alex case, 2015 BCCA 435 (see May 28, 2016 blog entry). The Court reserved judgment in a case that will decide whether the 41 year old R. v. Rilling case is still good law. That case has been relied on to argue that, absent a Charter challenge, lack of reasonable grounds can only be used as a defence to a refusal charge. Mr. Alex's factum can be found here and the Crown's Respondent factum is linked here.