Escape from Lawful Custody (Sentencing Cases)

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Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Schooner, 2013 BCCA 40 (CanLII), per Garson JA	BC	CA	1 year imprisonment	The offender plead guilty to being unlawfully at large.
R v Jackson, 2010 BCCA 330 (CanLII), , 289 B.C.A.C. 157, per Kirkpatrick JA	BC	CA	3 months imprisonment (at large)	The offender was convicted of resisting arrest and escaping custody.
R v Gartner, 2010 BCCA 600 (CanLII), per Hall JA	BC	CA	30 days imprisonment	The offender was convicted of being unlawfully at large in violation of her intermittent sentence over two days. She had a record of prior breaches.
R v Addley, 2008 BCCA 460 (CanLII), per Finch JA	BC	CA	30 months imprisonment	The offender was convicted of prison break. He was 27 years old with a long criminal record, including 18 offences for non-compliance with the justice system.
R v Abraham, 2008 MBPC 14 (CanLII), per Sandhu J	MB	PC	1 year imprisonment	While at large he committed 15 armed robberies.
R v Beals, 2000 NSCA 43 (CanLII), per Bateman JA	NS	CA	18 months imprisonment
R v Pelly (1996), 113 Man. R. (2d) 209(*no CanLII links)	MB		9 months imprisonment	The offender was convicted of prison break.
R v Mcleod, 1994 CanLII 4647 (SK CA), per Tallis JA	SK	CA	8 months imprisonment
R v Downey, 1993 CanLII 3150 (NS CA), per Jones JA	NS		12 months imprisonment
R v Kelly, [1983] B.C.J. No. 692 (*no CanLII links)	BC		1 year imprisonment	The offender was convicted for running away from a peace officer who had lawfully arrested him. He had a long record of similar offences.
R v Shackleton, [1978] B.C.J. No. 199(*no CanLII links)	BC		2 months imprisonment	The offender was unlawfully at large from jail.
R v Hodson, [1978] B.C.J. No. 196(*no CanLII links)	BC		9 months imprisonment	The offender was convicted of being unlawfully at large. He had a prior related record.