First degree murder
R. v. D.J.M.
A publication ban applies. The offender is not named.
Sentence and the Crown's position
Crown askedNot recorded
Judge imposedLife imprisonment, no parole for 25 years1
What the law allows
MaximumLife imprisonment
Judge imposedLife, no parole for 25 years
The offender was convicted after trial of first degree murder for shooting the victim 12 times after luring him to a remote area near Langford. Justice Jackson imposed the sentence required by s. 745(1) of the Criminal Code: life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 25 years, along with a lifetime weapons prohibition.
In the judge's words
1Having found … guilty of the first degree murder of …, s. 745(1) of the Code requires he be sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility of parole until he has served 25 years of that sentence.
The record
- Convicted of
- First degree murder (CC 231(2))
- Prior convictions
- Not recorded
- At the time of the offence
- Not stated1
- Mandatory minimum
- Applied1
- Appeal
- Not yet checked
- Counsel
- Crown: R.C. Fowler, C.M.F. Jennings, K.C.
Defence: S.J. Runyon
Sources
- R. v. D.J.M., 2024 BCSC 1851 Court decision, CanLII, August 26, 2024
[5] Having found … guilty of the first degree murder of …, s. 745(1) of the Code requires he be sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility of parole until he has served 25 years of that sentence.
[5] Having found … guilty of the first degree murder of …, s. 745(1) of the Code requires he be sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility of parole until he has served 25 years of that sentence.
[6] … In respect of Count 1, the first degree murder of … I sentence you to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole until the expiry of 25 years.
- R. v. D.J.M., 2024 BCSC 1851 Court decision, Courts of British Columbia