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Criminal law 2026 ONCA 312

R. v. Rogers

La Cour rejette l’appel de la peine de M. Rogers, ordonne la collecte d’ADN et corrige certaines conditions de probation, mais refuse une ordonnance fondée sur le par. 161(1).

  • Invitation to sexual touching
  • Conditional sentence
  • Conditional discharge
  • Dna collection order
  • Section 161(1) orders
  • Probation conditions
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Criminal law 2026 NSPC 7

R. v. Dermody

Court accepted that the assault began as a reasonable self‑defence response but escalated into disproportionate, dominant and vengeful conduct while the victim was defenseless and in custody; weighing aggravating (violence, victim defenselessness, occurrence in prison) and significant mitigating factors (traumatic history, mental health/addiction diagnoses, acceptance of responsibility, active rehabilitation), the sentence that is fit and proportionate is 10 months imprisonment to be served straight, followed by 12 months probation with specified conditions; ancillary orders (DNA, lifetime we…

  • Assault causing bodily harm
  • Self-defence
  • Proportionality in sentencing
  • Aggravating factors in custody
  • Mitigating factors and rehabilitation
  • Probation conditions
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 2687

R. v. Turpin

Tyler John Turpin was sentenced for sexual assault to two years less one day, less 515 days credit, followed by three years’ probation and ancillary orders.

  • Sexual assault
  • Consent
  • Sentencing principles
  • Probation conditions
  • Dna registration
  • Firearms prohibition
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 1495

R. v. Scott

The court sentenced Lindsay Scott to six years for manslaughter, with three years’ probation, after finding her culpability was reduced by mental illness and methamphetamine intoxication.

  • Manslaughter
  • Intoxication
  • Mental disorder as mitigation
  • Pre-trial custody credit
  • Probation conditions
  • Ancillary orders (firearms, dna)
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 968

R. v. Brophy

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.

  • Breaking and entering
  • Theft
  • Possession of stolen property
  • Possession of instruments for breaking
  • Conditional sentence order
  • Pre-sentence custody credit
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 1575

R. v. Camille

Sentencing for a sexual assault conviction arising from an Indigenous healing session. The court imposed 12 months’ custody and 18 months’ probation, and declined SOIRA registration.

  • Sexual assault
  • Gladue factors
  • Conditional sentence order
  • Soira registration
  • Probation conditions
  • Dna order
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 735

R. v. Barker

Sentencing for an Indigenous offender convicted of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, with Gladue factors, custody credit, probation and ancillary orders.

  • Aggravated assault
  • Assault with a weapon
  • Gladue factors
  • Pre-sentence custody credit
  • Probation conditions
  • Restitution and victim surcharge
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Criminal law 2025 NSSC 32

R. v. Borden

The judge categorized Borden as a mid‑level retail trafficker and, applying ss.718‑718.2 and CDSA s.10, balanced aggravating factors (quantity, prior trafficking convictions, profit motive) against mitigation (immediate cooperation, early guilty plea credited at one‑third, IRCA evidence reducing moral blameworthiness and informing rehabilitative needs) and concluded a two‑year custodial sentence followed by three years probation with culturally sensitive counselling and ancillary orders was proportionate and justified rather than a longer federal term.

  • Trafficking
  • Possession
  • Guilty plea credit
  • Mitigation
  • Irca considerations
  • Probation conditions
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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 2391

R. v. Abbas

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.

  • Theft
  • Motor vehicle theft
  • Break and enter
  • Possession of stolen property
  • Breach of release
  • Possession of replica firearm
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Criminal law 2024 NSSC 261

R v. M.W.

Conditional stay entered on the s.146(1) count under Kienapple; a custodial sentence of 4 years imprisonment with 3 years probation is fit and just given the serious aggravating factors (penetrative sexual assault of a 13‑year‑old niece, abuse of trust, lack of remorse, relevant prior convictions) and the need for denunciation and deterrence per Friesen; Crown ancillary orders granted with modifications: SOIRA for life, DNA order, 10 year firearms prohibition, non‑communication order, and a tailored 15 year s.161 prohibition with a narrowed internet restriction limited to banking, required go…

  • Sexual assault of a child
  • Ancillary orders
  • Publication ban
  • Conditional stay (kienapple)
  • Conditional sentence
  • S.161 prohibition
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