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Posted: Jan 23, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 23
New Brunswick s Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal of a man charged with impaired driving based on violations of his Charter right to consult a lawyer after his arrest in 2017. (CBC)
A New Brunswick RCMP officer committed serious, charter-infringing misconduct by denying a man arrested for impaired driving access to a lawyer, a court decision states.
The case involved Pier-Paul Landry, who was convicted of impaired driving, but was initially denied access to a lawyer by the investigating officer on the 2017 case. Landry was acquitted on appeal of the conviction.
The decision names RCMP Const. Kalbarczyk as the investigating officer but does not include his first name.