R v Gladue, 2018 ABCA 383 (Slatter): [1] F.F. SLATTER J.A. (orally):– The appellant appeals the total 30 month sentence he received for three charges of driving while suspended. These were his 10th, 11th and 12th convictions for driving while suspended, the last two occurring while he was on interim release with respect to the earlier ones. He had received Read more...
R v. Kawal, 2018 ONSC 7538 (Harris): [11] Handguns are a social evil. The Supreme Court has said and there can be no possible argument against it, “Gun-related crime poses grave danger to Canadians.” R. v. Nur 2015 SCC 15, per Chief Justice McLachlin, at para. 1, see also Justice Moldaver in dissent, at para. 131 and Justice Watt, as Read more...
R v Wang – 2019-Feb-01 – Unreported, Crewe J Mr. Wang was driving westbound on Highway 401 sometime after 5:30 a.m. on September 9, 2016, and he attempted to exit the highway at Warden Avenue in east Toronto. Motorist John Tuset, having taken the same exit on his way to work, saw Mr. Wang’s vehicle speed past him at a Read more...
R v Moran – 2019 ONCA 217 (Per Curiam): [21] In cases such as this involving fraud in connection with funds earmarked for social assistance for the disadvantaged, the predominant sentencing objectives are denunciation and deterrence. It is all the more so where the offender is a recidivist who within months of findings of guilt for cognate offences re-offends while Read more...
R v Claros – 2019 ONCA 626 (Paciocco): [51] More importantly, the fact that two offences relating to the breach of a prohibition order occur in close succession, or even at the same time, is not a basis for imposing concurrent sentences. The principle that such offences should be served consecutively is intended to ensure that disregard of firearm prohibition Read more...