Sentence Watch

The Honourable Justice

James W. Williams

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

3 cases tracked, 0 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask
1
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.

No leniency score yet: 2 of 5 comparable cases needed (a case is comparable when the decision states what the Crown asked for).

  • Firearms
  • Violent
  • Drugs
  • Below the Crown's ask
  • Not flagged

Flagged cases

None of the tracked cases meet the inclusion criteria.

Other tracked cases

  1. April 11, 2022
    R. v. Olivotto, 2022 BCSC 674Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, Victoria
    12 months' incarceration, consecutive to the sentence being served
  2. November 9, 2021
    R. v. Roche Garcia, 2021 BCSC 2332First degree murder, Vancouver
    Life imprisonment, no parole for 25 years; lifetime s. 109 weapons prohibition; DNA order
  3. August 24, 2021
    R. v. Lachance, 2021 BCSC 2358Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Kamloops
    18 months' imprisonment, then 12 months' probation

Offences sentenced

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