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The court accepted the joint five‑year federal sentence because, applying Anthony‑Cook, the joint submission was on balance fit and not contrary to the public interest given the offender's extensive record, the aggravating facts of the instant offences, the Gladue report mitigation, and the agreed enhanced credit for pre‑sentence custody.
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Given the serious privilege and confidential informant issues and the potential that the innocence at stake test may be engaged, and because the Crown agrees that other grounds of appeal should be determined first, the court converted the matter to a solicitor appeal, granted a s.684(1) order and appointed counsel (Mr. Lacy) for the limited purpose of pursuing the motion for directions; the Associate Chief Justice will case manage the matter and the motion will proceed only if other grounds fail.
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On sentencing for multiple property offences, the court imposed a global 28-month custodial sentence, credited pre-sentence custody at 1.5:1, and added 24 months of probation.
Detention review under s. 525 of the Criminal Code. The Court upheld Mr. Houle’s continued detention on the secondary ground and directed efforts to seek an earlier trial date.
Oral sentencing reasons in which the court imposed a global two-year custodial sentence, 24 months’ probation, a DNA order, and waived the victim surcharge.
The appeal was dismissed because the trial judge adequately explained how evidence is presented, intervened appropriately during improper attempts to introduce evidence, ensured the accused understood the implications of not testifying, and thus provided a fair trial; the appellant's other grounds lacked merit.
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The Court upheld the trial judge's findings because the identification evidence, properly weighed with its limitations, combined with a strong web of contextual and circumstantial evidence (close association with Havtur, presence with distinctive stolen property, GPS links and possession of stolen items) provided a rational basis to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Crockatt was the person observed and that he knew the vehicle was stolen; speculative alternatives (brothers or other visitors) were unrealistic and did not create reasonable doubt.
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The judge convicted on counts where independent corroboration tied Barker to thefts or possession beyond reasonable doubt: corroborated accomplice statements, contemporaneous electronic messages linked to Barker's phone number, surveillance placing Barker at relevant locations, forensic VIN examinations and recovered parts showing tampering. Acquittals occurred where Crown failed to prove the particularized property or VIN element (including where only engines or parts were proven stolen but not the particularized vehicle) or where reasonable innocent inferences remained. The court treated s.…
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Applying Adams methodology the court fixed individualized sentences totalling 20 months before remand credit, found the 16 December offences formed part of the same criminal adventure and ordered them concurrent, awarded a remand credit of 300 days (calculated 1.5:1 per Carvery and s.719(3.1)) equal to ten months, and therefore imposed a 10-month conditional sentence order (CSO); ancillary orders included a DNA collection order for the secondary-designated offence, a 9-year-10-month driving prohibition under s.320.24 and victim surcharges, and no further probation given duration of CSO.
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The Court of Appeal granted leave to extend time but dismissed a sentence appeal, upholding a two-years-less-a-day custodial sentence for driving while prohibited and possession of stolen property.
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