Sentence Watch

The Honourable Justice

Nathan H. Smith

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

3 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.

No leniency score yet: 3 of 5 comparable cases needed (a case is comparable when the decision states what the Crown asked for).

  • Violent
  • Sexual
  • Below the Crown's ask
  • Not flagged

Flagged cases

  1. April 22, 2022
    R. v. Janic, 2022 BCSC 958Conspiracy to commit murder, Burnaby
    • Below the Crown's ask
    5 years imprisonment less 95 days pre-trial credit; DNA, lifetime s. 109 prohibition
  2. March 25, 2022
    R. v. G.D.L., 2022 BCSC 940Sexual assault, Abbotsford
    • Below the Crown's ask
    1 year in custody, then 2 years probation

Other tracked cases

  1. April 21, 2023
    R. v. Rashid, 2023 BCSC 746Second degree murder, Vancouver
    Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 12 years; lifetime weapons prohibition, DNA order

Offences sentenced

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