Operation While Impaired by Alcohol or Drug (Sentencing Cases)

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Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Greavette, 2018 ONCJ 10 (CanLII), per Rose J	ON	PC	30 days imprisonment	The offender was 26 and had no prior criminal record.
R v Gray 2012 CanLII 298 (NL PC), per Gorman J	NL	PC	9 months imprisonment	5 yr driving proh; 4 prior impaireds, and related record;
R v Riggs 2011 NLTD 26 (CanLII), per Handrigan J	NL	SC	4 months imprisonment	5 yr driving prohibition;
R v Musseau 2010 CanLII 2539 (NL P.C.), per Gorman J	NL	PC	10 months imprisonment	3rd time impaired, car accident; readings 230; 5 yr driving proh.
R v Oxford, 2010 NLTD 102 (CanLII), per Seaborn J	NL	SC	95 days imprisonment	for two offences; no related record
R v Cullen 2009 NLCA 16 (CanLII), [2009] N.J. No. 57 (C.A.), per Wells JA	NL	CA	8 months imprisonment	two offences; 15 yr driving proh
R v White, 2009 NLTD 196 (CanLII), per Faour J	NL	SC	16 months imprisonment	14 prior offences; 8yr driving prohib
R v Slaney 2009 CanLII 66023 (NL PC), [2009] N.J. No. 327 (P.C.), per Porter J	NL	PC	5 months imprisonment	BAC 250; offender and son injured
R v Hirtle [2008] AJ No 1515 (Alta. C.A.), 2009 ABCA 22 (CanLII), per Nation J	AB	CA	21 months imprisonment	offender was driving while driving while disqualified, pled to s. 253(b)--prior record with 9 alcohol-related driving offences and 3 for driving while disqualified.
R v Pittman 2006 NLTD 106 (CanLII), [2006] N.J. No. 193 (S.C.), per O'Regan J	NL	SC	90 days imprisonment	four priors
R v Hewlin 2006 NLTD 56 (CanLII), [2006] N.J. No. 85 (S.C.), per LeBlanc J	NL	SC	6 months imprisonment	three priors; high degree of intoxication
R v Power 2004 NLCA 40 (CanLII), [2004] N.J. No. 229 (C.A.), per Roberts JA	NL	CA	6 months imprisonment	9 related prior offences
R v Hunt 2001 CanLII 33789 (NL SCTD), per Leblanc J	NL	SC	23 months imprisonment	5 priors; BAC 210
R v Wells [1997] N.J. No. 153 (C.A.) (*no CanLII links)	NL	CA	2 years imprisonment	for 3 driving offences
R v Squires 1995 CanLII 9848 (NL CA), [1995] N.J. No. 157 (C.A.), per Gushue JA	NL	CA	12 months imprisonment	15 prior offences
R v Connolly 2002 CanLII 41923 (NL PC), [2002] N.J. No. 40 (P.C.), per Gorman J	NL	PC	6 months imprisonment	long related record; almost hit a child
R v Cull 2003 NLSCTD 127 (CanLII), [2003] N.J. No. 213 (S.C.), per Dymond J	NL	SC	3 months imprisonment	prior related record

Refusal

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Gregory Louis Young 2012 CanLII 26155 (NL PC), per Mennie J	NL	PC	12 months imprisonment
R v Williams (2004), 9 MVR (5th) 183 (NLCA), 2004 NLCA 15 (CanLII), per Wells CJ	NL	CA	12 months imprisonment	convicted of refusal, also sentenced for driving while disqualified (4 months)--6 prior alcohol related offence, 2 prior for driving while disqualified--10 year driving prohibition

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Refusal

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