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Client charged with possession of a firearm and possession of drugs as a result of a police search conducted in her apartment. At the first day of the preliminary hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Scarborough, Lawyer John Navarrete met with the Crown Attorney to present various legal issues with the Crown’s case including the fact that the search warrant was obtained only after police initially entered her apartment without one, that the Crown could not prove that the client had any knowledge of the firearm or drugs given where they were located in her apartment and the fact that there was another co-accused who resided there, and that the Crown could not prove that the firearm was functional since it had never been tested and no Firearms Expert Report had ever been provided. As a result, the Crown withdrew all the charges against Mr. Navarrete’s client.