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Criminal law 2014 BCCA 443

R. v. Kandola

The Court of Appeal upheld a 15-year sentence for cocaine importation, bribery and breach of trust, finding no need for a pre-sentence report and no error in parity or totality.

  • Sentence fitness
  • Pre-sentence report
  • Parity
  • Totality
  • Breach of trust
  • Bribery
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Criminal law 2012 BCSC 968

R. v. Kandola

Trial reasons finding Kandola and Johal guilty of conspiring to import cocaine, with additional convictions for Johal and Kandola on related border and corruption counts.

  • Conspiracy to import controlled substances
  • Importation (bell v. the queen)
  • Constructive possession
  • Party liability s.21
  • Wilful blindness
  • Breach of trust by public officer
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Criminal law 2010 BCSC 1622

R. v. Basi

The court accepted guilty pleas and a joint sentencing submission, imposing two-year-less-a-day conditional sentences for Basi and Virk, plus a $75,695 fine in lieu of forfeiture for Basi.

  • Breach of trust by public official
  • Conditional sentence order
  • Joint submission on sentence
  • Fine in lieu of forfeiture
  • Section 121 and 122 criminal code
  • Section 742.1 criminal code
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Criminal law [1962] SCR 465

Hall & Linden v. R.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the trial judge erred in directing acquittals in a bribery prosecution, because the evidence could go to the jury.

  • Bribery
  • Attempt
  • Directed verdict/acquittal
  • Sufficiency of evidence
  • Misdirection
  • New trial
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Criminal law (1917) 56 SCR 22

Brousseau v. The King

The Supreme Court of Canada held that demanding money to secure municipal contracts could amount to counselling an offence under Criminal Code s. 69 and bribery-related conduct under s. 161.

  • Counselling to commit offence
  • Bribery and municipal corruption
  • Interpretation of criminal code s.69
  • Application of criminal code s.161
  • Retention of english criminal common law in canada
  • Criminal-law
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