Manslaughter
R. v. Favelle
Sentence and the Crown's position
Crown asked8 years in custody1
Judge imposed10 years in prison1
What the law allows
MaximumLife imprisonment
Crown asked8 years in custody
Judge imposed10 years in custody
Defence asked2 years less a day conditional sentence
Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle pleaded guilty to manslaughter after accelerating her car toward her intimate partner to intimidate him during an argument and striking and killing him; she had been charged with second degree murder. The Crown sought 8 to 12 years; the defence sought a conditional sentence of 2 years less a day plus 3 years probation. Justice Murray imposed 10 years in prison, finding the case near murder on the manslaughter spectrum and her moral blameworthiness and risk of reoffending high.
In the judge's words
1Ms. Favelle's moral blameworthiness is at the high end of the scale. And her risk of reoffending, given all of her risk factors and her lack of insight into them, is in my view, high.
The record
- Convicted of
- Manslaughter (CC 236)
- Prior convictions
- 0 prior convictions1
- At the time of the offence
- Not stated1
- Defence asked for
- 2 years less a day conditional sentence1
- Appeal
- Not yet checked
- Counsel
- Crown: J.M. Schroeder, A.K. Saettler
Defence: P. McMurray
Sources
- R. v. Favelle, 2026 BCSC 653 Court decision, CanLII, April 2, 2026
[3] The Crown seeks a sentence of 8 to 12 years.
[3] The Crown seeks a sentence of 8 to 12 years. Defence seeks a Conditional Sentence Order (CSO) of 2 years less a day, plus 3 years probation.
[33] The statutory range of sentences for manslaughter is the widest possible, with no minimum sentence and a maximum of life in prison.
[1] On August 19, 2022 … was killed instantly when Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle hit him with her car at high speed.
[25] … She has no criminal record.
[42] Ms. Favelle's moral blameworthiness is at the high end of the scale. And her risk of reoffending, given all of her risk factors and her lack of insight into them, is in my view, high.
[46] I sentence you to 10 years in prison.
- R. v. Favelle, 2026 BCSC 653 Court decision, Courts of British Columbia