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Steven Jasper was sentenced for theft of a taxi, attempted robbery, and dangerous driving arising from a violent March 2017 incident in Vancouver.
Balancing significant aggravating factors (excessive speed approximately 106 km/h in a 50 km/h zone; unsafe aggressive driving in a residential area; prior speeding convictions; consumption of marijuana and alcohol) against mitigating factors (first-time offender, youth, prompt guilty plea, genuine remorse and good rehabilitation prospects), the court imposed a substantial but not maximum custodial sentence to achieve denunciation and general deterrence while acknowledging rehabilitation potential: 28 months incarceration on each count of dangerous driving causing death to be served concurren…
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Sentencing for dangerous driving while fleeing police and criminal negligence causing bodily harm, with a nine-year consecutive term and four ancillary orders.
Sentencing reasons in R. v. Sater for multiple impaired and dangerous driving convictions arising from a fatal crash, plus failing to stop after the collision.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal sentence after finding a prima facie fraud on the court arising from false identity and a false no-record position.
The Court of Appeal upheld a four-year sentence for a series of theft, dangerous driving and obstruction offences, holding the sentence fit and public protection paramount.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the Crown’s appeal, holding that the absence of a dangerous-driving finding was not an error of law despite supporting evidence.
A Supreme Court of Canada criminal negligence appeal about whether mens rea is judged objectively, subjectively, or by both standards.
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