The Honourable Justice

Terence A. Schultes

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

6 cases tracked, 2 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask
1
No jail for a violent offence
1
Increased on appeal
0
Offender offended again
0

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Leniency score

Rank 58 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 40 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 4% below the Crown’s ask across 5 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.

Tracked cases by decision date, 2022 to 2027.
  1. R v Alves, September 18, 2026
  2. R. v. K.B.R.M., May 12, 2026, flagged
  3. R. v. Fox, March 7, 2025
  4. R. v. Fox, January 28, 2025
  5. R. v. S.L.P., January 15, 2025
  6. R. v. Penner, July 6, 2022, flagged
  • Drugs
  • Violent
  • Below the Crown's ask
  • Not flagged

Flagged cases

  1. May 12, 2026
    R. v. K.B.R.M., 2026 BCSC 1127Manslaughter, Surrey
    • Below the Crown's ask
    8 years in custody, less 4 years, 7 months and 12 days of credit for pre-sentence custody (3 years, 4 months and 18 days remaining)
  2. July 6, 2022
    R. v. Penner, 2022 BCSC 1859Manslaughter with a firearm, Vanderhoof
    • No jail for a violent offence
    23 months conditional sentence (after 26 days' presentence credit), with house arrest and 120 hours community service; lifetime s. 109 prohibition, DNA

Other tracked cases

  1. September 18, 2026
    R v Alves, 2026 BCSC 1792Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking; Production of a Schedule I or II substance; Possession of anything for use in producing or trafficking a controlled substance, Maple Ridge
    3 years' imprisonment on counts 1 and 2 and 2 years on count 3, concurrent
  2. March 7, 2025
    R. v. Fox, 2025 BCSC 563Second degree murder, Surrey
    Life imprisonment, no parole for 20 years
  3. January 28, 2025
    R. v. Fox, 2025 BCSC 332Second degree murder, Surrey
    Life imprisonment, no parole for 20 years
  4. January 15, 2025
    R. v. S.L.P., 2025 BCSC 2151Criminal harassment; Extortion, Cranbrook
    6 years jail (6 years extortion; 2 years harassment and 1 year threats concurrent)

Offences sentenced

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