12 cases tracked, 3 flagged.
- Below the Crown's ask
- 6
- No jail for a violent offence
- 1
- Increased on appeal
- 0
- Offender offended again
- 0
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Leniency score
22
Rank 25 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 15 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 22% below the Crown’s ask across 12 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.
- R. v. Maxwell, April 13, 2026
- R. v. Pandher, April 22, 2025
- R. v. J.W.H., July 2, 2024, flagged
- R. v. Earl, May 15, 2024
- R. v. J.D.S., February 29, 2024
- R. v. Mack, February 14, 2024, flagged
- R. v. Dinh, January 10, 2024
- R. v. Sanchez, May 30, 2023
- R. v. Comerford, March 24, 2023, flagged
- R. v. Gladue, June 1, 2022
- R. v. Haynes, February 14, 2022
- R. v. Aeichele, January 20, 2022
- Property
- Drugs
- Sexual
- Violent
- Firearms
- Below the Crown's ask
- Not flagged
Flagged cases
- July 2, 2024R. v. J.W.H., 2024 BCSC 1307
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years in prison, less 45 days credit for pre-sentence custody - February 14, 2024R. v. Mack, 2024 BCSC 2648
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Two years less a day conditional sentence with curfew and 80 hours community work, no probation; s. 109 firearms prohibition and DNA order - March 24, 2023R. v. Comerford, 2023 BCSC 851
- Below the Crown's ask
16 months' incarceration, then 18 months' probation
Other tracked cases
- April 13, 20265 years custody (977 days credit, 848 days remaining); 12 months concurrent on each other count
- April 22, 202530 months in custody, concurrent on all three counts
- May 15, 2024Six years' imprisonment, plus $1 million restitution order
- February 29, 2024Eight and a half years in custody, less 1,338 days' credit for pre-sentence custody
- January 10, 20248 years imprisonment, credit for 1 day served
- May 30, 2023Five years imprisonment on each count, concurrent; lifetime s. 109 firearms ban, DNA order, forfeiture
- June 1, 2022Life imprisonment, no parole for 15 yearsLife sentence
- February 14, 202254 months less one day in jail (global), less 30 months' credit, leaving 24 months less one day
- January 20, 202218-month conditional sentence, concurrent on all three counts; lifetime s. 109 prohibition; forfeiture
Offences sentenced
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