B.C. Appeals Court Acquits Cocaine Dealer

by Barry ORegan | February 28, 2008 at 06:26 am
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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor

Here is the story in a nutshell on why the British Columbia Justice system needs a well placed Kick in the Ass.
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Police noticing a vehicle driving at night with his headlights off, stop the vehicle, notice a open liquor bottle, conduct a further search for liquor, discover cocaine, the accused admit to being dealers, get arrested, upon court trial, appeals Judge aquits Cociane Drug dealing, and opt to just charge pair for open liquor in the car, because Police violated the accused rights because their intent was to seach for alcohol, not drugs, so a acquital was warranted.

My Final Thought
One can only breath a sigh of relief, that Canada's  infamous Mass Murderer Robert Pickton accused of murdering 50 women did not have an open liquor bottle in his truck or we certainly would have seen this Judge acquit Robert Pickton of mass murder. 

Perhaps now food for thought for all criminals who will make a run for the nearest liquor store to have a well placed open liquor bottle prominently displayed on their front seat, while transporting mass amounts of drugs, guns or perhaps even a dead body or two, knowing full well Police like most people see the first thing illegal that comes to mind and goes with it, unaware that there are insanely stupid Judges out there  who are not part of the solution are most  likely complicit in the problem.

Oh yeah, to turn a phrase by British Columbia  Politicans to the world, "British Columbia is the best place to live in the world"  99.9% of all criminals think so.

Based on this acquital one can only assume, both the Judge and the Criminal, tissue in hand will head off to the judges chambers for a mutual well placed "Porn Star Finish".  


Cops only looking for liquor so man acquitted of drug trafficking
Keith Fraser,
The ProvincePublished: Thursday, February 28, 2008

A young man convicted of cocaine trafficking has been acquitted on appeal after B.C.'s highest court ruled his rights were violated during a liquor search of a vehicle.

Mark Thomas Dreyer was in the front passenger seat and his sister was behind the wheel when their vehicle, with its tail lights off, was pulled over by RCMP in White Rock in September 2005.

It was later revealed that Dreyer's sister was doing a favour for him in making drug deliveries at his direction, but, at the time, police became interested when they spotted an open 1.2-litre bottle of beer on the floor behind the driver's seat.

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at 20:45 on February 28th, 2008

Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Here, at least what little I know, the police can use any contraband they find when searching a vehicle--they don't have to declare a search for a specific substance or item.

When I was out on patrol recently, a car search was undertaken. I learned how they get permission (and what happens if someone says "no") and how it's done, safely and properly.

But you're right on about something--far too many drug dealers and other criminals get cosy cuddling from judges. Although I'm sure the judge would say this is some form of "fruit of the poisoned tree" (if you have that in Canada, I think that he was really stretching things to let off an admitted drug dealer. 

Question for you: how many people has this judge put in jail or fined for drug possession? I bet he's sentenced many. It would be intriquing to find that out and write about the comparison between his senctences for users and his "catch and release" policy on dealers.    ;} 

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Barry ORegan

Thanks for the flag Pep, though I am sure sometimje, somewhere this judge actually overuled a acquital, revent past stories of his overturning convictions below are a small example of his performance, certainly validating my beliefs something is terribly wrong with our court system, where proof may not be enough to convict.

Thanks for the comments as well. 

http://www.straight.com/court-grants-legal-help-to-kelly-ellard

http://www.dustmybroom.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2301&Itemid=29

 OTTAWA — A man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a
13-year-old girl on Vancouver Island four years ago will get a new
trial. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the Crown's
appeal of a lower court ruling that ordered the new trial for George
Osmond. As per usual, the high court did not give reasons for its
decision.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL

http://www.canadianjusticereviewboard.ca/article-Judge%20Hood%20bungled%20case.htm

http://www.canadianstalk.ca/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5284&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

 http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=896583&auth=The+Canadian+Press

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