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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 1500

R. v. McKnight

The court acquitted Stephen Michael McKnight on trafficking and silencer counts, finding the circumstantial evidence insufficient for constructive possession, but convicted him of simple possession of fentanyl found on his person.

  • Constructive possession
  • Possession for purpose of trafficking
  • Circumstantial evidence and inferences
  • Charter s.8 and s.10(b) breaches
  • Exclusion of evidence s.24(2)
  • Constructive-possession
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Criminal law 2020 BCSC 2331

R. v. Ghostkeeper

Sentencing decision in which the court accepted a joint submission, imposed time served, 30 days concurrent, two years’ probation, and a lifetime weapons ban.

  • Firearm discharge
  • Weapons prohibition
  • Pre-sentence custody credit
  • Joint submission
  • Dna order
  • Probation conditions
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Criminal law 2016 BCSC 203

R .v. Wilson

Sentencing decision after guilty pleas to common assault and use of a firearm or imitation of a firearm. The court imposed time served, probation, weapons bans, forfeiture, and a DNA order.

  • Common assault
  • Use of firearm in commission of offence (s.85)
  • Mandatory minimum sentence
  • Pre-trial custody credit (summers)
  • Probation conditions
  • Dna order
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Criminal law 2013 BCSC 2343

R. v. Fitzgerald

The court accepted joint sentencing submissions for three accused, imposed custodial terms, and made firearms and DNA orders, with a stay on one count.

  • Joint sentence submissions
  • Sentencing range
  • Ancillary orders
  • Section 109 firearms prohibition
  • Dna sample order
  • Recommendation of penitentiary
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Criminal law 2005 BCSC 1827

R.v. Shank

Après un plaidoyer de culpabilité, John Garry Shank reçoit une peine concurrente de quatre ans pour confinement, incendie et méfait lors d’une émeute au KRCC.

  • Confinement/false imprisonment
  • Arson
  • Mischief over $5,000
  • Masking with intent
  • Aggravating and mitigating factors
  • Deterrence
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