The Honourable Justice

Sheri A. Donegan

Sitting.

Last updated October 9, 2026

9 cases tracked, 3 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask: 4
No jail for a violent offence: 1
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 27 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 16 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 22% below the Crown’s ask across 9 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.

Drugs
Violent
Sexual
Other
Below the Crown's ask
Not flagged

Flagged cases

May 31, 2024
R. v. Howse, 2024 BCSC 1204Manslaughter, Vernon
- Below the Crown's ask
Five years imprisonment less 1,220 days credit (605 days remaining), then three years probation
January 24, 2024
R. v. M.K.M., 2024 BCSC 575Sexual assault, Kamloops
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Two years less a day conditional sentence (including house arrest), then 3 years probation
November 7, 2023
R. v. Sanford, 2023 BCSC 1956Manslaughter, Kamloops
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years imprisonment, less 321 days credit for pre-sentence custody (1,139 days remaining)

Other tracked cases

July 18, 2024
R. v. Z.C., 2024 BCSC 1485Trafficking in a Schedule I or II substance; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking; Conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, Kamloops
12 years in custody (global, concurrent sentences)
December 8, 2023
R. v. J.A.C., 2023 BCSC 2309Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Kamloops
4 years imprisonment (joint submission)
July 6, 2023
R. v. R.P.P., 2023 BCSC 1818Sexual assault; Making child sexual abuse material; Possessing child sexual abuse material, Kelowna
10 years imprisonment (8 years plus 2 years consecutive, 1 year concurrent), less 27 days credit
April 11, 2022
R. v. Brush, 2022 BCSC 1194Failure to provide necessaries of life, Kamloops
18 months imprisonment, then 18 months probation
March 4, 2022
R. v. K.M., 2022 BCSC 360Making child sexual abuse material; Breach of an undertaking; Voyeurism, Kamloops
30 months' imprisonment (making child pornography), with 6 months on each of voyeurism and breach of undertaking, all concurrent
August 10, 2021
R. v. Lukacs, 2021 BCSC 1769Production of a Schedule I or II substance, Vernon
10 years' imprisonment (8 years concurrent on the methamphetamine count), less 278 days' credit for pre-sentence custody; restitution of $60,974.43

Offences sentenced

Making child sexual abuse material2 cases
Manslaughter2 cases
Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking2 cases
Sexual assault2 cases
Breach of an undertaking1 case
Conspiracy to commit an indictable offence1 case
Failure to provide necessaries of life1 case
Possessing child sexual abuse material1 case

Professional background

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