Extortion (Sentencing Cases)
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Case Digests
| Case Name | Prv. | Crt. | Sentence | Summary |
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| R v Violette, 2013 BCCA 31 (CanLII), per Saunders JA | BC | CA | 4 years imprisonment | Offender also sentenced for possession of firearm (2 years). He was a member of the Hells Angels criminal organization. |
| R v Ste. Marie, 2009 ABCA 177 (CanLII), per curiam |
AB | CA | 15 months imprisonment | |
| R v Vonhiltgen, 2007 BCSC 601 (CanLII), per Ehrcke J | BC | SC | 9 months imprisonment | extortion |
| R v Rode, 2007 ABCA 393 (CanLII), per Hillier J | AB | CA | 2 years less a day CSO | also charged with assault , unlawful confinement; Joint Recommendation sentence |
| R v RLB (1992), 131 A.R. 216 (Alta C.A.), 1992 ABCA 243 (CanLII), per Hetherington JA |
AB | CA | 9 months imprisonment | age 47; offender threatened to publish sexually explicit photographs of his ex-wife to extort forgiveness of child support; appealed from 2 years; images acquired through trust |
| R v Li (Y.H.) (1996), 184 A.R. 395 (Alta. C.A.), 1996 ABCA 240 (CanLII), per Hunt JA |
AB | CA | 2.5 years imprisonment | offender threatened serious bodily harm and death to the complainant, his wife and child, over 1.5 years, in order to extort $22,000; offender claimed to legitimately be owed the money. |
| R v Adrian, 2001 ABPC 40 (CanLII), per Daniel J | AB | PC | 4.5 years imprisonment | offender entered the hotel room of the victim and demanded $700 owed for drugs; The offender and an accomplice took the victim to where they might get money; at each location, the victim was beaten for failing to get the money; victim taken back to hotel, beat him and stabbed him in hand |