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Chris Sewrattan

21 May, 5 tweets, 1 min read

R. v. Marshall, 2021 ONCA 344 at paras. 51-52: Summers credit deducts from the sentence. Duncan credit shapes the sentence.
ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2021…

Looked at in a practical way, an aggravating circumstance can reduce Duncan credit, but it cannot reduce Summers credit.

Did the Court in Marshall consider that a person under exceptionally harsh pre-trial detention conditions (like COVID protocols) gets no Downes credit against a mandatory minimum?

They can bring a 24(1) Charter claim but only if they can show a Charter violation. Without a Charter violation, the sentence does not reflect the harsh pre-trial conditions.

This is something bail courts should consider for offences with mandatory minimum jail sentences.

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17 Oct

R. v. Khill, 2021 SCC 37: The phrase “the person’s role in the incident” in Canada's self-defence law casts a wide net. It refers to all of the accused’s conduct during the course of the incident that is relevant to whether their defence was reasonable.
scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-cs…

The victim in this case was an Indigenous man. That's not in the decision.

There is a 5-4 split on the law. Moldaver J. et al. disagree. Moldaver J. says that the factor needs the guardrail of wrongfulness because of how open ended self-defence is. The jury can assign unlimited weight to any factor.

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12 Oct

https://twitter.com/Reakash/status/1446550426078302216

R. v. Morris, 2021 ONCA 680: How trial judges should consider evidence of anti-Black racism on sentencing. I can't add much to Reakash's analysis. Here are smaller thoughts.
ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2021…

https://twitter.com/Reakash/status/1446550426078302216

Morris doesn't really say anything new. Defence lawyers should provide the sentencing judge with a detailed report on how anti-black racism impacted their client. The judge should consider whether this ⬇️ the client's blameworthiness and ⬆️the need for rehabilitation.

You wanted to become a criminal lawyer to fight institutional racism? This is your chance. Put in the work, get the report in. Of course, the client needs funding for the report and you need someone capable of writing it.

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