Criminal Code, section 231(7)
Second degree murder
What the law says
- Maximum
- Life imprisonment
- Mandatory minimum
- Mandatory life sentence
- Kind of offence
- Violent, causing death
Mandatory life (s.235); parole ineligibility 10 to 25 years set by the judge (s.745(c)). Consecutive periods under s.745.51 struck down: R. v. Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23.
57 cases with this offence
- July 31, 2024R. v. Willis, 2024 NSSC 222
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
Life imprisonment, no parole for 20 yearsLife sentence - July 12, 2024Life imprisonment, no parole for 13 yearsLife sentence
- July 4, 2024R. v. Sandhu, 2024 BCSC 1388
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 13 yearsLife sentence - April 23, 2024R. v. Crossley, 2024 BCSC 1022
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 14 yearsLife sentence - February 15, 2024Life imprisonment, no parole for 12 years; 3 years concurrent for assault with a weaponLife sentence
- November 7, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole for 16 years (from arrest on October 1, 2019)Life sentence
- October 19, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole for 10 yearsLife sentence
- September 21, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole for 19 years; 5 years concurrent for indignity to human remainsLife sentence
- August 31, 2023R. c. Bandaogo, 2023 BCSC 2514
- On release at the time
Life imprisonment, no parole for 15 years (second degree murder); concurrent 8 years on each attempted murder count and 3 years for aggravated assaultLife sentence - August 9, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole for 12 years; concurrent 5 and 7 years for two aggravated assaultsLife sentence
- July 5, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 20 yearsLife sentence
- May 30, 2023R. v. W.R.C., 2023 NSSC 317
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 10 years (plus 15 days concurrent on a firearm storage/transport count)Life sentence - May 16, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole for 11 years (joint recommendation)Life sentence
- April 21, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 12 years; lifetime weapons prohibition, DNA orderLife sentence
- April 20, 2023R. v. Sandeson, 2023 NSSC 130
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 15 yearsLife sentence - April 14, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 20 yearsLife sentence
- December 19, 2022Life imprisonment on each of 3 counts, concurrent, no parole for 15 years; DNA order, lifetime s. 109 prohibitionLife sentence
- December 9, 2022R. v. Hollohan, 2022 NSSC 364
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 10 yearsLife sentence - November 14, 2022Life imprisonment, no parole for 18 years; 7 years concurrent on each aggravated assaultLife sentence
- September 20, 2022R. v. Grantham, 2022 BCSC 1827
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 14 years; DNA order, lifetime s. 109 prohibitionLife sentence - September 9, 2022Life imprisonment, no parole for 17 years; lifetime s. 109 weapons prohibition, DNA orderLife sentence
- September 2, 2022Life imprisonment, no parole for 12 years; DNA, lifetime s. 109 prohibitionsLife sentence
- August 23, 2022R. v. Dheensaw, 2022 BCSC 2048
- On release at the time
Life imprisonment, no parole for 14 years (second degree murder); 9 years concurrent (attempted murder); s. 109 prohibition, DNA order, non-communication orderLife sentence - July 28, 2022Life imprisonment, no parole for 10 yearsLife sentence
- July 13, 2022R. v. Sylliboy, 2022 NSSC 213
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 15 yearsLife sentence
Judges who sentenced this offence
- The Honourable Justice Heather J. Holmes
- The Honourable Justice Joshua M. Arnold
- The Honourable Justice Anthony Saunders
- The Honourable Justice Brenda Brown
- The Honourable Justice Catherine A. Wedge
- The Honourable Justice James L. Chipman
- The Honourable Justice Kathleen M. Ker
- The Honourable Justice Michael Tammen
- The Honourable Justice Murray B. Blok
- The Honourable Justice Pierre L. Muise
- The Honourable Justice Robin A. M. Baird
- The Honourable Justice S. Dev Dley
- The Honourable Justice Terence A. Schultes
- The Honourable Justice Andrea L. Ormiston
- The Honourable Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer
- The Honourable Justice Christa M. Brothers
- The Honourable Justice Denise M. Boudreau
- The Honourable Justice F. Matthew Kirchner
- The Honourable Justice Gary P. Weatherill
- The Honourable Justice Geoffrey R. J. Gaul
- The Honourable Justice Jan Brongers
- The Honourable Justice Jasvinder S. Basran
- The Honourable Justice Jeffrey R. Hunt
- The Honourable Justice John P. Bodurtha
- The Honourable Justice Kevin Coady
- The Honourable Justice Laura B. Gerow
- The Honourable Justice Lisa A. Warren
- The Honourable Justice Marguerite H. Church
- The Honourable Justice Michael J. Brundrett
- The Honourable Justice Miriam A. Maisonville