Aggravated Assault (Sentencing Cases) (Prior to 2001)
Until 2000
| Case Name | Prv. | Crt. | Sentence | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R v MJA, 2000 CanLII 20271 (NB KB) | NB  |
SC | ||
| R v Gagliardi, 2000 ABCA 137 (CanLII), per Jones JA | AB  |
CA | ||
| R v Tusek, 1999 CanLII 2075 (ON CA), [1999] OJ No 3413 (CA), per curiam |
ON  |
CA | 4 years imprisonment | stabbing customer in restaurant; age 19; no record |
| R v Bunes, 1999 ABCA 29 (CanLII), per Perras JA | AB |
CA | ||
| R v MacLeod, 1999 BCCA 420 (CanLII), per MacKenzie JA | BC  |
CA | 3 years imprisonment | brutal beating and sexual assault |
| R v Blackmore, 1999 CanLII 4059 (PE SCAD), per Carruthers JA | PEI  |
CA | 4 years imprisonment | |
| R v Chisholm, 1998 CanLII 2740 (NS C.A.), per Bateman JA | NS  |
CA | 6 months imprisonment | aggravated assault; drunken bar fight |
| R v Murphy, 1998 CanLII 31152 (NS SC), per Kelly J | NS |
SC | ||
| R v Berry, 1998 ABCA 107 (CanLII), per curiam | AB |
CA | 2 years less a day | |
| R v Rasanen, 1997 CanLII 3368 (BC C.A.), per Hall JA | BC |
CA | 6 years imprisonment | premeditated attack; bragged to friends about it. |
| R v McQuaid, 1997 NSCA 209 (CanLII), per Chipman JA | NS |
CA | 2 years imprisonment | |
| R v Dixon, 1997 NSCA 50 (CanLII), per Chipman JA | NS |
CA | ||
| R v Powell, 1994 CanLII 4072 (NS CA), per Clarke CJ | NS |
CA | Suspended Sentence | Offender got into a fist fight with his mother's boyfriend causing bruises and cuts. Offender was unemployed and had a prior related record for assaults. Court emphasized rehabilitation. The offender was "involved an accused who was found guilty of aggravated assault after getting into a fight with and causing injury to his mother’s boyfriend. In reaching the decision to impose a suspended sentence with three years’ probation, the court considered the past record of the accused, the fact that it was a family argument, and that all parties had been drinking at the time of the offence." |
| R v Powell, 1994 NSCA 204 (CanLII), per Clarke CJ | NS |
CA | ||
| R v Marks, 1994 CanLII 9742 (NL CA), 91 CCC (3d) 421, per O’Neill JA |
NL  |
SC | ||
| R v Lawrence, 1993 CanLII 4611 (NS SC), {{{4}}}, per Goodfellow J |
NS |
SC | ||
| R v McDonald, 1992 CanLII 8257 (SK CA), per Tallis JA | SK  |
CA | 3 years imprisonment | The offender hit the victim in the face with a glass, knocking him unconscious. The offender was 21 years old with a lengthy record. |
| R v Desmond, 1992 CanLII 2581 (NS CA), per Clarke CJ | NS |
CA | ||
| R v Childs, 1991 ABCA 300 (CanLII), per curiam | AB |
CA | 7 years imprisonment | |
| R v RDH, 1991 CanLII 2476 (NS CA), per Matthews JA | NS |
CA | ||
| R v Julian, 1991 CanLII 2514 (NS CA), per Hallett JA | NS |
CA | 4 years imprisonment | |
| R v Porter, 1990 CanLII 2519 (NS CA), per Clarke CJ | NS |
CA | ||
| R v Dzikowski, 1990 CanLII 2539 (NS CA), per Matthews JA | NS |
CA | 20 months imprisonment | |
| R v Giles, , [1989] NSJ 341(*no CanLII links) | NS |
PC | ".A.), the accused attacked a doorman/bouncer with a bottle causing permanent injury to the victim's eye. The accused was described as mild-man-nered with no history of violence and a good employment history. In imposing a sentence of four months incarceration and two years'probation the Court of Appeal stressed that crimes of violence required an emphasis on general and specific deterrence" [1] | |
| R v Silvea, , [1988] N.S.J. No. 327; 86 N.S.R.(2d) 346(*no CanLII links) | NS |
CA | 9 years imprisonment | The "victim was a pizza delivery man who was brutally assaulted by the accused with such severity that he was rendered unconscious and resulted in him being a spastic quadriplegic." [2] |