Ontario Appeal Court upholds trial judge’s impaired-driving verdict, rejects Charter violation claim

By Christopher Guly ( March 1, 2024, 2:51 PM EST) -- In a recently released ruling, R. v. Edwards 2024 ONCA 135, the Ontario Court of Appeal agreed with the Crown that a summary conviction appeal court (SCAC) judge was wrong to order a new trial for a man who was found guilty on one count each of impaired driving and doing so with a blood-alcohol level of more than 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, commonly known as over 80 or 0.08....