The appellant appealed her convictions for drug trafficking and her 4-year custodial sentence.
She argued the trial judge erred in dismissing her application for a stay of proceedings under s. 11(b) of the Charter by mischaracterizing periods of delay, including those related to COVID-19 and a missing Information.
The Court of Appeal found no reviewable error in the trial judge's attribution of delay to the defence and exceptional circumstances.
The sentence appeal was also dismissed, as the 4-year sentence was below the established range for mid-level cocaine trafficking and the trial judge made no error in principle in rejecting a conditional sentence.
