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Criminal law 2025 BCCA 300

R. v. Bird

The Crown appeal against a two-year-less-one-day conditional sentence was allowed. The Court set a five-year penitentiary sentence for mid-level fentanyl and MDMA trafficking.

  • Fentanyl trafficking
  • Conditional sentence orders
  • Denunciation and deterrence
  • Sentencing ranges
  • Mid-level trafficking
  • Fentanyl-trafficking
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Criminal law 2023 BCSC 2470

R. v. Maki

The court sentenced Stephen Tosh Maki to a conditional sentence of two years less a day for fentanyl trafficking, followed by three years' probation, and imposed firearms and DNA orders.

  • Fentanyl trafficking
  • Conditional sentence order
  • Ancillary orders (firearms prohibition, dna)
  • Charter s.8 and s.9 application
  • Sentencing
  • Fentanyl-trafficking
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Criminal law 2020 BCSC 1878

R. v. Greer

The court convicted Timothy James Greer of firearms offences after finding he constructively possessed weapons found in his home and stored one rifle carelessly.

  • Constructive possession
  • Joint possession
  • Careless storage of firearm
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Credibility assessment
  • Standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt
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Criminal law 2018 NSSC 161

R. v. Russell

On the totality of corroborated informant information and police surveillance the arrest and the Justice of the Peace's issuance of a warrant were supported by reasonable grounds; warrantless entry was justified by exigent circumstances under CDSA s.11(7) to preserve easily disposed-of pills; the warrant-authorized search evidence is admissible; however the warrantless search and photographing of the accused's unlocked cell phone exceeded what was objectively reasonable under Fearon (insufficient tailoring, no less-intrusive steps, inadequate contemporaneous notes) and breached s.8, and the r…

  • Arrest law
  • Search warrants
  • Exigent circumstances
  • Cell phone search incidental to arrest
  • Exclusion of evidence under s.24(2)
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Criminal law 2015 BCSC 1854

R. v. Malenfant

The court ruled on defence expert reports in a cannabis prosecution, excluding one report for lack of established expertise and admitting two others despite no cross-examination.

  • Expert evidence admissibility
  • Destruction of evidence
  • For the purpose of trafficking
  • Sampling and statistical evidence
  • Directed verdict
  • Stay of proceedings under s.7
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Criminal law 2015 BCSC 1210

R. v. Dickey

The court sentenced Chad William Dickey for cocaine trafficking and possession for trafficking to a 20-month suspended sentence with probation, community service and ancillary orders.

  • Sentencing
  • Mandatory minimums
  • Cruel and unusual punishment (s.12 charter)
  • Dial‑a‑dope trafficking
  • Probation and suspended sentence
  • Forfeiture
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Criminal law 2014 BCSC 1381

R. v. Rabbitt

The court upheld an exigent warrantless entry, found limited Charter breaches, and held the search warrant valid after excising improper ITO material.

  • Exigent circumstances
  • Charter s.10(a) and s.10(b) (right to counsel)
  • Charter s.9 / criminal code s.503(1) (prompt court appearance)
  • Search warrant and information to obtain (ito)
  • S.24(2) exclusion of evidence
  • Informant reliability
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