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La Cour fédérale accueille une requête en radiation et radie la demande de contrôle judiciaire de Richard Gravel comme prématurée, avec dépens.
The court accepted the joint Crown‑defence recommendation and set parole ineligibility at ten years, commencing from arrest on August 16, 2023 (remand credited), because that period is within the ordinary and appropriate range given the offender's background, limited record, mitigating factors, the nature and circumstances of the offence, relevant precedents and the high threshold required to reject a negotiated joint submission under the public interest test.
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Sentence for second degree murder after jury conviction. The court held the missed s. 745.2 jury recommendation did not bar sentencing and imposed life imprisonment with 10 years parole ineligibility.
Access was granted in part: the Court found necessity under s.123 fulfilled for disclosure of youth findings of guilt and related dispositions to the Supreme Court for the s.745.4 parole eligibility hearing because the youth findings closely related to the adult offences and materially inform the 'character' assessment; necessity was not satisfied for release of the published sentencing decision or detailed personal, medical or psychological reports because those materials are dated, highly private and not necessary given other available evidence and the narrow statutory test.
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The court must impose a mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder with parole ineligibility of 25 years commencing on the date of arrest; Duncan-type remand credits cannot reduce the statutory 25-year parole ineligibility for first-degree murder; the joint recommendation of 90 days custody concurrent to the life sentence for the assault causing bodily harm is appropriate and accepted; the mental disorder evidence did not meet the threshold to negate criminal responsibility.
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The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a parole denial, finding the Appeal Division’s decision reasonable and no breach of s. 12 of the Charter.
Sentencing for second degree murder: the court imposed life imprisonment with 13 years of parole ineligibility, finding aggravating features outweighed mitigation.
Sentencing reasons in R. v. Laroche: life imprisonment for second-degree murder, with parole ineligibility set at 12 years and a concurrent four-year sentence for interfering with human remains.
Judicial review of Parole Board special conditions on a long-term supervision order was dismissed as reasonable, with Charter arguments not considered.
Judicial review of a parole redetermination was dismissed. The Court held the Appeal Division reasonably upheld the day parole refusal and properly cancelled the full parole decision for fairness reasons.
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