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Criminal law 2026 ONCA 300

R v. K.L.

The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld convictions in a multi-count domestic and sexual violence case, but reduced the net sentence from seven years to five years for failing to apply restraint.

  • Credibility of complainant
  • Gladue principles
  • Principle of restraint
  • Downes credit
  • Sexual assault
  • Domestic violence
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Criminal law 2026 ONCA 301

R. v. M.W.

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed most of a sentence appeal in a child sexual offence case, set aside one unavailable prohibition order, and admitted fresh Gladue-related evidence.

  • Sentence appeal
  • Double-counting of aggravating factors
  • Gladue principles
  • Section 161(1) prohibition
  • Section 109(3) lifetime weapons prohibition
  • Admission of fresh evidence
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 2616

R. v. Kipp

Sentencing reasons in a firearms case where the offender received a two-years-less-one-day conditional sentence, based on Gladue factors and exceptional rehabilitation.

  • Firearms offences
  • Possession while prohibited
  • Conditional sentence order
  • Gladue principles
  • Sentencing principles
  • Pre-sentence custody credit
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 2574

R. v. Buitenweg

The court sentenced Kimberley Grace Buitenweg and Joseph Shawn McWilliams to five years each for manslaughter after early guilty pleas and significant mitigation.

  • Manslaughter
  • Sentencing
  • Gladue principles
  • Guilty plea mitigation
  • Causation
  • Pre-trial custody credit
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 2545

R. v. B.H.H.

The court sentenced B.H.H. to 4.5 years for sexual interference involving a 15-year-old relative, finding the offence significantly contributed to the victim’s suicide.

  • Sexual interference
  • Sexual assault
  • Sentencing
  • Gladue principles
  • Victim impact
  • Causation of suicide
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Criminal law 2025 BCCA 363

R. v. Sue

Leave to appeal was denied. The Court held there was no identifiable error of law in refusing an extension of time or in the treatment of the appellant’s late-discovered Indigenous heritage.

  • Extension of time for appeal
  • Leave to appeal under s.839(1)(a)
  • Gladue principles
  • Validity of guilty plea
  • Bail review under s.520
  • Conditional sentence
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Criminal law 2025 ONCA 638

R. v. Marshall

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed Sinbad Marshall’s appeal from a second-degree murder conviction and 15 years, 9 months parole ineligibility.

  • Corbett application (editing criminal record)
  • Propensity reasoning
  • Jury instructions
  • Post-offence conduct evidence
  • Prosecutorial misconduct in closing
  • Gladue principles
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Criminal law 2025 BCCA 214

R. v. Izzard

Appeal in a sentence case allowed after the court found the sentencing judge gave insufficient Gladue analysis for an Indigenous and racialized offender.

  • Aggravated assault
  • Weapons offences
  • Bail breach
  • Gladue principles
  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Fresh sentencing
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Criminal law 2025 BCCA 183

R. v. Attachie

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia allowed the sentence appeal, holding the judge gave the guilty pleas too little mitigating weight and resentenced the appellant to 22 months.

  • Use of imitation firearm (s.85(2))
  • Forcible entry (s.72(1))
  • Guilty plea mitigation
  • Nahanee notice requirement
  • S.726 obligation to ask accused
  • Gladue principles
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Criminal law 2025 BCCA 162

R. v. Wiens

The Court of Appeal upheld a three-year sexual-assault sentence and a 20-year SOIRA order, finding no error in the Gladue analysis or statutory SOIRA factors.

  • Gladue principles
  • Soira exceptions
  • Sentencing principles
  • Standard of appellate review
  • Publication ban (rescinded)
  • Gladue-principles
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