The Honourable Justice

D. Allan Betton

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

6 cases tracked, 2 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask
2
No jail for a violent offence
0
Increased on appeal
0
Offender offended again
0

Counts and the score cover the published decisions Sentence Watch has tracked, not every case this judge decided. How cases are chosen.

Leniency score

Rank 41 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 27 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 15% below the Crown’s ask across 5 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.

Tracked cases by decision date, 2022 to 2026.
  1. R. v. Saundry, March 5, 2024
  2. R. v. D.R.L.A., January 10, 2023, flagged
  3. R. v. Main, January 6, 2023, flagged
  4. R. v. Mitchell, September 27, 2022
  5. R. v. Moote, April 29, 2022
  6. R. v. Houle, April 20, 2022
  • Violent
  • Sexual
  • Drugs
  • Below the Crown's ask
  • Not flagged

Flagged cases

  1. January 10, 2023
    R. v. D.R.L.A., 2023 BCSC 253Sexual interference; Luring a child, Salmon Arm
    • Below the Crown's ask
    30 months custody (1 year on child luring and 30 months on sexual interference, concurrent)
  2. January 6, 2023
    R. v. Main, 2023 BCSC 530Robbery; Break and enter a dwelling-house, Vernon
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Three years jail less 395 days' (13 months) pre-sentence credit, leaving 23 months, then 3 years probation; concurrent on both counts

Other tracked cases

  1. March 5, 2024
    R. v. Saundry, 2024 BCSC 904Manslaughter with a firearm, Vernon
    10 years' imprisonment, less 1,968 days' credit (1,682 days remaining)
  2. September 27, 2022
    R. v. Mitchell, 2022 BCSC 2321Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Vernon
    3 years imprisonment
  3. April 29, 2022
    1,460 days (four years) less 829 days credit, leaving 631 days, then one year probation; lifetime s. 109 ban, DNA
  4. April 20, 2022
    R. v. Houle, 2022 BCSC 1061Robbery; Break and enter a dwelling-house; Disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence; Using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence, Kelowna
    5 years in custody (4 years concurrent on break and enter and robbery, 1 year concurrent for disguise, 1 year consecutive for imitation firearm), less 702 days credit

Offences sentenced

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