Criminal Code, section 145(2)

Failure to attend court

What the law says

Maximum
2 years
Mandatory minimum
No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence
Other
Prosecuted
By indictment or summary conviction

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4 cases with this offence

  1. September 8, 2023
    R. v. C.M.R.T., 2023 BCSC 1810Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm; Failure to attend court; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Powell River. Justice Alan M. Ross
    • Below the Crown's ask
    36 months' imprisonment (concurrent on the drug and firearm counts) plus 15 days consecutive for failing to attend court, less 225 days' credit
  2. April 6, 2023
    R. v. Nazarek, 2023 BCSC 722Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized; Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm; Failure to attend court; Breach of a release order; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Fort St. John. Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    12 years imprisonment (13 reduced by 1 for totality) less 683 days credit; DNA order, lifetime weapons prohibition, CDSA forfeiture
  3. November 30, 2022
    R. v. Wilson, 2022 NSPC 43Unauthorized possession of a firearm; Impaired operation of a conveyance; Failure to stop after an accident; Break and enter a place other than a dwelling-house; Failure to attend court; Breach of an undertaking; Possession of a controlled substance; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking; Contravention of firearm storage regulations; Disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence; Possession of break-in instruments, Pictou. Judge Del W. Atwood
    • On release at the time
    5 years imprisonment less 6 months remand credit (54 months to serve); $1,500 in fines, driving prohibition, restitution, DNA and s. 109 orders, forfeiture
  4. April 27, 2021
    R. v. S.P.W., 2021 NSPC 24Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Failure to attend court, Dartmouth. Judge Theodore K. Tax
    • Below the Crown's ask
    56 months in prison (s. 151 and s. 152 concurrent; 30 days concurrent for failing to attend court), less 823 days remand credit

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