Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking
R. v. Conrad
Sentence and the Crown's position
What the law allows
Jason Thomas Howard Conrad pleaded guilty to two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking after police found him carrying 15.6 kilograms of high-purity fentanyl in Richmond, with two kilograms of cocaine in his car. The Crown and defence jointly proposed a global sentence of 11 years. Justice Majawa accepted the joint submission and imposed 11 years on the fentanyl count and a concurrent seven years on the cocaine count, less 683 days of credit, citing the guilty pleas and his role as a courier against the enormous quantity of fentanyl and his record of 28 convictions.
In the judge's words
1In this case I am satisfied for all the reasons outlined by the Crown and the defence, and particularly given the guilty pleas, that the proposed sentence of 11 years adequately reflects Mr. Conrad's degree of culpability and satisfies the Code's principles of sentencing.
The record
- Convicted of
- Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking (CDSA 5(2), 2 counts)
- Prior convictions
- 28 prior convictions, 4 violent1
- At the time of the offence
- Not stated1
- Defence asked for
- 11 years in custody1
- Appeal
- Not yet checked
- Counsel
- Crown: S.F. Paulson, T.C. Johnson
Defence: B.R. Anderson
Sources
- R. v. Conrad, 2025 BCSC 1237 Court decision, CanLII, June 17, 2025
[2] The matter comes before the court today by way of a joint submission on the part of the Crown and the defence, who jointly propose a global sentence of 11 years incarceration, plus mandatory and discretionary ancillary orders.
[2] The matter comes before the court today by way of a joint submission on the part of the Crown and the defence, who jointly propose a global sentence of 11 years incarceration, plus mandatory and discretionary ancillary orders.
[1] THE COURT: Jason Thomas Howard Conrad is before this court for sentencing, having pleaded guilty on June 4, 2025, to two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to s. 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, S.C. 1996, c. 19 [CDSA].
[12] Mr. Conrad has a significant criminal history. His record has a total of 28 convictions: four counts of breaches, 10 counts of property offences, four counts of assaults or offences against a person, five driving offences, and five counts for drug offences.
[30] … In this case I am satisfied for all the reasons outlined by the Crown and the defence, and particularly given the guilty pleas, that the proposed sentence of 11 years adequately reflects Mr. Conrad's degree of culpability and satisfies the Code's principles of sentencing.
[34] These sentences are to be served concurrently such that you are sentenced to a global sentence of 11 years of incarceration. Because you have served 455 days of presentence custody, you will be credited with 1.5:1 for each day served such that you will receive a credit of 683 days.
- R. v. Conrad, 2025 BCSC 1237 Court decision, Courts of British Columbia