Our criminal defence lawyers get successful results in court for Driving with an illicit substance in their system, including not guilty verdicts and no convictions on sentence. Below are two examples of how we navigate the courts to get the results for our clients.
Drive with an illicit substance (drug driving)
Our criminal defence lawyer represented a client who was charged with driving with an illicit substance in their system. Our client was subject to a roadside swab that produced a positive to methylamphetamine. He was taken back to the police station to give a second sample. The officer testing him swabbed him, then dropped the swab on the table before picking it up and sending it to the laboratory for analysis. The second swab came back positive, and the client was charged. Our client pleaded not guilty and subpoenaed police footage of the second test. Our lawyer argued that the evidence should be excluded because of improper testing procedures that posed a risk of contamination. Our client was found not guilty.
Drive with an illicit substance
Our criminal defence lawyer represented a client who was charged with three charges of driving with an illicit substance on three different days after never having a similar charge before. Our lawyer combined them into a single sentence proceeding, treating them as first offences despite occurring on different dates. This meant that our client could receive conditional release orders without convictions on all three offences, which he did, and, as a result, he kept his licence and had no criminal record.