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Sentencing reasons in R. v. Campbell, a manslaughter with a firearm case, where the court accepted a joint submission and imposed five years’ imprisonment plus ancillary orders.
Sentencing reasons for a violent kidnapping and extortion scheme. The court imposed lengthy concurrent sentences and stayed the forcible confinement count under Kienapple.
Sentencing after guilty pleas for two aggravated assaults and intimidation. The court imposed a 4.5-year global sentence, crediting 400 days pre-sentence custody.
While individual deterrence and rehabilitation remain the primary sentencing objectives for youthful first offenders, the weight of denunciation and general deterrence increases with the seriousness and brutality of the offence; it was an error to declare general deterrence the primary consideration here, and the firearm possession sentence should have been concurrent, reducing total imprisonment from nine to seven years.
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Sentencing reasons for a planned home invasion: Summers received 18 months plus probation, while Warner received a global 50-month sentence and no probation.
Sentencing for attempted robbery and aggravated assault after a drug-fuelled knife attack, with two years less a day imprisonment, probation, DNA and weapons orders.
Sentencing reasons for Matthew Jordan Garfield after extortion convictions involving violent enforcement of drug debts, organized criminality, and a s. 109 weapons ban.
The court declared Michael Edward Kelly a dangerous offender after finding his violent and sexual offending, expert evidence, and history of failed supervision showed no reasonable prospect of community control.
The Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the offender met the statutory thresholds under s.753(1)(a)(i),(ii),(iii) and s.753(1)(b): there is a pattern of repetitive and persistent aggressive behaviour, brutality in offences, a demonstrated failure to control sexual impulses, and a high likelihood of causing death, serious injury or psychological harm in the future. Expert opinion and actuarial instruments supported a finding of severe narcissistic/antisocial personality disorder with strong psychopathic traits and a high risk of violent and sexual recidivism with poor treatment prospec…
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