Noteworthy Cases

The accused was charged with fire bombing a house causing injuries to two of the occupants. One of the occupants, Justin Kirstein, provided the a statement to the police identifying the accused as a participant in the fire bombing. The Trial Begins… At trial the Crown Attorney called Mr Kirstein. […]

The accused was in custody. On the day in question, a correctional officer became suspicious of the presence of illicit substances due to the several inmate being high on the range. While searching the cells, the correctional officer located cannabis marijuana resin hidden in a balled up sock in the […]

The accused was in custody. During his youth sentence review, he had spoke on the phone with his friend. The phone calls were recorded. While speaking with his friend he made death threats against a Crown Attorney, Judge and Probation Officer. He said he was going to shot the Crown […]

The youth plead guilty to second degree murder in a shooting death. The Crown sought an order that an adult sentence be imposed. The sentencing hearing proceeded by way of an agreed statement of facts.  The court considered a pre-sentence report, a forensic assessment and a behaviour summary report concerning the youth’s time in […]

In this youth sentence appeal, the youth pleaded guilty to two counts of motor vehicle theft and to failure to comply with a youth sentence.  He was sentenced to an 18-month custody and community supervision order, followed by 12 months of supervised probation and a 2-year driving prohibition.  The youth sought […]

The youth was charged with murder. At trial, Joshua Rogala successfully defended the murder charge. The jury found the youth guilty of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing bodily harm as a result of an incident where the youth struck two people while driving a van. The Crown Attorney made an application for […]

In this utter threats case, the complainant had advised the police she was at home when the accused urinated on her house. When approached, she said the accused and her began arguing. During his argument, she claimed the accused said he was going to come back and shot her with […]

In this DUI case, the accused was found in a vehicle stuck in the ditch off the highway just outside the city of Winnipeg by the RCMP. It had been raining all day. The accused was seated in the driver’s seat of the motor vehicle when the RCMP arrived. She […]

In this impaired driving case, the accused is found parked on a highway just outside the city of Winnipeg by the RCMP. He was asleep in the driver seat of his vehicle and intoxicated. The RCMP placed him under arrest. He was charged with impaired driving by being in care […]