Criminal Code, section 320.14(3)
Impaired operation causing death
What the law says
- Maximum
- Life imprisonment
- Mandatory minimum
- No mandatory minimum
- Kind of offence
- Impaired driving, causing death
Minimum fine $1,000 first offence, 30 days second offence, 120 days each subsequent offence (s.320.21); no minimum custody on a first offence.
3 cases with this offence
- February 20, 2026545 days' custody less 224 days' credit, then a three-year driving prohibition
- January 30, 2026R. v. Watson, 2026 BCSC 170
- Below the Crown's ask
2 years less a day imprisonment, then 3 years probation; 3-year driving prohibition - November 12, 20245 years in penitentiary (3 years concurrent on second count), less 398 days pre-sentence custody; 10-year driving prohibition