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The court convicted Christopher Le Mattatall on firearm, drug trafficking, and obstruction counts, but acquitted him of possession of stolen property.
The Court upheld the reviewing judge’s rulings: the CCTV and other information were provided by persons who ostensibly had authority to do so, the totality of the information in the ITOs supplied reasonable and probable grounds for the search warrants for unit 1207 and for the Kia vehicle, the seizure of the Kia was lawful given its status as a common-area vehicle linked to the unit, and no s.8 breach requiring exclusion under s.24(2) arose; accordingly the appellant’s convictions stand and the appeal is dismissed.
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La Cour a conclu à la possession simple du fentanyl de 5 grammes trouvé dans l’accoudoir, mais a acquitté l’accusé des autres chefs liés aux drogues.
The court found Brittany Belcourt guilty of possessing cocaine for trafficking and a loaded prohibited firearm after concluding the items in her purse were knowingly under her control.
Because the police expert conceded that the quantity seized could be consistent with personal use by a heavy user in a remote area, and the only evidence supporting trafficking was the quantity absent other indicia, the trial judge erred in concluding the Crown proved trafficking beyond a reasonable doubt; the trafficking conviction was quashed and substituted with simple possession, and the appropriate sentence was time served.
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Sentencing in a multi-indictment drug and firearms case. The court imposed a 10-year global sentence after finding the aggregate 15-year term was disproportionate.
Given the high moral blameworthiness from supplying fentanyl that caused death, the accused's prior relevant record for supplying alcohol to the victim as a minor, the need for denunciation and general and specific deterrence as emphasized for opioid-related deaths, and despite mitigating factors including remorse, early guilty plea and rehabilitation progress, a custodial sentence of 30 months in a federal penitentiary is fit and proportionate; ancillary orders (DNA, 10-year firearm prohibition, forfeiture of remaining fentanyl) are ordered.
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Sentencing reasons for Roy Joseph Pelgrom on drug trafficking and firearms offences. A seven-year global sentence was imposed, with forfeiture ordered and remaining counts stayed.
The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal because the jury charge on fact-finding risked lowering the burden of proof, requiring a new trial.
The Court of Appeal upheld a one-year jail sentence and probation for cocaine trafficking, finding no error in the judge’s commercial-trafficker characterization.
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