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Alan Young
Fearless advocate for
victims of antiquated sex and drug laws
Seen here with
one of his famous clients, Chris Clay. Alan Young also ran
a federal appeal for Mike Spindloe, owner of the Vinyl Exchange from
whom Saskatoon Police seized thousands of dollars worth of inventory
(decorative pipes and bongs and the like): the outcome? Mike
did not go to jail but the cops got to keep his stuff.
Alan Young
also defended Terri-Jean Bedford, the Toronto dominatrix whose
bungalow was raided by cops who checked out the merchandize before
arresting, detaining and turning her life upside down.
Young has given
vigorous defences to clients facing difficult charges and has
gained back ground for defence law which had been well-trampled
for many years by crown prosecutors who came to believe their
job was not to work for just outcomes but to convict as many
people as possible.
He is also
an Osgood Law School professor who, with Prof. Dianne Martin launched the Innocence Project at
York University. He has always shown a willingness to take unpopular
clients (See Christie Blatchford's article on Sarabjit
Kaur Minhas.)
1999
announcement of innocence project | initial
goals of the project | 1997
launching of project |
Marijuana smell insufficient reason for
arrest
Court Ruling
May Lead To Major Shakeup In Standard Police Practices, Lawyer
Says
By Tracey Tyler, Legal Affairs
Reporter, The Toronto Star, April 9, 1999
Police do not have an automatic
right to arrest someone for suspected drug possession based on
the smell of marijuana coming from a vehicle, Ontario's highest
court has ruled.
While there may be cases in
which officers' noses are so highly developed they can say with
certainty pot is inside, they will usually need other reasons
to justify an arrest or search of a car, the Ontario Court of
Appeal says.
The court made the ruling yesterday
in the case of Peter Polashek, whose car was searched after a
Peel police officer stopped him for a traffic violation on July
5, 1996 in Malton and noticed a strong marijuana odour.
The decision could cause
a significant shakeup in standard police practices, said Polashek's
lawyer, Alan Young.
Clayton
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Inquiry into the malicious prosecution of David
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The Terrible Story behind the Atif Rafay and
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