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Sentencing reasons in a youth manslaughter case arising from the death of Carson Crimeni after MDMA supplied by J.C.P.-B. A three-year custody and supervision order was imposed.
The trial judge erred by relying on untested independent social‑science research to infer psychological harm and by treating general deterrence as a valid sentencing objective for young persons; those errors materially affected the imposed custodial sentence, warranting allowing the appeal and substituting a youth‑appropriate non‑custodial disposition (18 months probation).
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Accountability under the YCJA requires a custodial sanction proportionate to the accused's significant participation in a home‑invasion robbery that reasonably foreseeably could involve a firearm, but pre‑sentence detention and demonstrable rehabilitation reduce the additional custody required; the judge therefore imposed a nine‑month Custody and Supervision Order (taking into account one year remand qualitatively rather than by fixed arithmetic credit) followed by 12 months' probation with strict conditions, because neither the Crown's proposed 2–3 year CSO nor the defence's nominal CSO plus…
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Sentencing reasons in a youth manslaughter case: both accused received three-year YCJA custody-and-supervision orders, with credit for pre-sentence custody and ancillary firearms and DNA orders.
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