From Criminal Law Notebook
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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| R v RLB, 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
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| R v L(YH), 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.
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| 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
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