Sentences in Victoria
30 cases tracked in Victoria. All of British Columbia.
Decisions
- August 27, 2026R. v. Marshall, 2026 BCSC 1686
- Below the Crown's ask
Six years imprisonment (concurrent on all counts), less 537 days credit for pre-trial custody - July 31, 2026R. v. Braun, 2026 BCSC 1488
- Below the Crown's ask
30 months in custody (6 months concurrent on the drug count) - July 24, 2026R. v. Smith, 2026 BCSC 1446
- Below the Crown's ask
874 days (873 days credited for 582 days pre-sentence custody, one further day served), then 3 years probation - May 1, 2026R. v. A.D.E., 2026 BCSC 948
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years imprisonment less 204 days pre-sentence credit - April 10, 2026R. v. McQuarrie, 2026 BCSC 728
- Below the Crown's ask
8 years 6 months (3,100 days), less 1,422 days' credit; 1,678 days left to serve - January 30, 20265 years imprisonment (concurrent on all counts), 56 days pre-sentence credit applied to the cocaine count
- January 5, 2026R. v. Omar, 2026 BCSC 142
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years 6 months imprisonment (3 years concurrent on attempted break and enter), less 54 days credit - October 24, 20252 years less a day jail (18 months concurrent for possession), then 3 years probation
- August 5, 2025R. v. Draves, 2025 BCSC 1672
- On release at the time
10 years' imprisonment (global, after totality), less 867 days' credit for time served - July 10, 2025R. v. Johnson, 2025 BCSC 1591
- Below the Crown's ask
12 months in custody less credit for pre-sentence custody, then 3 years probation - July 4, 2025R. v. W.M.J.D., 2025 BCSC 1414
- Below the Crown's ask
Three and a half years (42 months) in custody, less 380 days credit for pre-sentence custody - May 20, 2025R. v. Taylor, 2025 BCSC 1739
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Two years less a day conditional sentence, then 3 years probation - April 29, 2025R. v. Omar, 2025 BCSC 915
- On release at the time
Life imprisonment, no parole for 13 yearsLife sentence - March 24, 2025Two years less a day in custody (consecutive sentences on 5 counts), then 3 years probation
- March 6, 2025R. v. M.A.P., 2025 BCSC 669
- Below the Crown's ask
Two years less a day in custody, less 159 days' credit for pre-sentence custody, then 3 years probation - August 2, 2024R. v. Cooke, 2024 BCSC 1481
- Below the Crown's ask
10 months in custody, then 12 months probation - June 5, 2024R. v. Hughes, 2024 BCSC 1103
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
3.5 years concurrent on each count, less 598 days credit (net 679 days), then 12 months probation - February 23, 2024Two years plus one day in a federal penitentiary
- December 8, 2023R. v. Parker, 2023 BCSC 2259
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
4 years 6 months imprisonment, less 18 days credit - September 29, 20234 years imprisonment on each of 2 counts, concurrent
- August 8, 20233 years in custody, less 275 days credit for 183 days pre-sentence custody
- January 23, 2023R. v. T.A.P., 2023 BCSC 316
- Below the Crown's ask
18 years global (10 + 5 + 3 years consecutive on three counts, others concurrent), less 8 days credit; DNA order, SOIRA 20 years, lifetime s. 109 prohibition - November 2, 20223 years in prison
- October 20, 202212 months conditional sentence, then 12 months probation
- July 8, 20223 months conditional sentence (1 month house arrest, then curfew); restitution of $1,886.72
Judges who decided these cases
- The Honourable Justice Gareth MorleySupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Anthony SaundersSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Lindsay R. LeBlancSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Jan BrongersSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Andrew MajawaSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Anita ChanSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Catherine MurraySupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice F. Matthew KirchnerSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Geoffrey B. GomerySupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Geoffrey R. J. GaulSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Heather J. HolmesSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Jacqueline D. HughesSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice James W. WilliamsSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice John J. SteevesSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Julianne K. LambSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Karen HorsmanSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Karrie A. WolfeSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Kathleen M. KerSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Kenneth W. BallSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Robin A. M. BairdSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Veronica JacksonSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Warren B. MilmanSupreme Court of British Columbia