In R v Sharma, 2022 SCC 29 [“Sharma”], the Supreme Court of Canada [“SCC”/”the Court”] upheld the constitutionality of provisions that restricted the availability of conditional sentences. This decision marks...
On May 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) released the decision of R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 [C.P.]. In the decision of C.P., the...
*TRIGGER WARNING: This post has descriptions of violence that may be triggering to some readers* Since the abolition of the death penalty, the highest sentence a judge can prescribe to...
Update: On March 25, 2021, the SCC granted leave in A.S. v Her Majesty the Queen, et al. (39516), an appeal of an Ontario Superior Court decision finding ss 278.92,...
