CPD: Fighting Handheld Charges (2023) Provides Defence Strategies for Charges Involving Cellphones, Etc.

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For legal practitioners wanting to learn the ins-and-outs of defending section 78.1 handheld device charges.

Expected Takeaways

The Fighting Handheld Charges presentation provides:

• The cross-examination strategies to help establish a reasonable doubt that the police officer was able to identify the object as a prohibited device;
• The exemptions applicable to the holding of a cellphone or other prohibited device;
• The live demonstration within a mock trial of how to defend against section 78.1, Highway Traffic Act, charges; and
• The much more information that every legal practitioner should know.

The presentation also provided a mock trial complete with reading of the charges, swearing in of witnesses - both a police officer as well as the accused taking the stand.  Examinations of the witnesses to place with volunteer Daphannie Tremblay followed by Frank Alfano.

About the Presenter

Frank Alfano, LL.B, LL.M: paralegal, legal coach, and mentor, is renown for provincial offences and summary criminal knowledge as well as courtroom experience.  Within the Fighting Handheld Charges CPD, Frank shares what every defence practitioner needs to know.

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