Criminal Code, section 334(b)
Theft $5,000 or under
What the law says
- Maximum
- 2 years
- Mandatory minimum
- No mandatory minimum
- Kind of offence
- Property
- Prosecuted
- By indictment or summary conviction
5 cases with this offence
- May 23, 202528 months (852 days) in custody less 573 days credit, then 24 months probation
- October 10, 20242 years in custody, exceeded by 953 days' credit for 635 days of pre-sentence custody, then 2 years probation
- June 4, 2024254 days in custody, covered by 258 days of enhanced pre-sentence credit, then 18 months probation
- April 29, 2024R. v. Clayton Blaise Young, 2024 NSPC 31
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Suspended sentence with 3 years probation (concurrent on the violence and weapon counts); 1 day jail deemed served on theft and mischief - March 30, 20222 years less a day conditional sentence (12 months house arrest, then curfew), restitution of $56,773