The court sentenced a first offender who pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking cocaine, with two additional trafficking counts taken into consideration under s. 725(1)(b.1) of the Criminal Code.
The sentencing analysis emphasized denunciation and general deterrence for commercial trafficking in a hard drug, but also gave substantial weight to the offender's guilty plea, lack of criminal record, family responsibilities, steady employment, remorse, and extensive volunteer mentoring of at-risk youth while on bail.
The court held that a purely community-based sentence was not fit, but found the mitigation sufficiently unusual to justify a blended disposition.
A sentence of 90 days intermittent custody and a concurrent 18-month conditional sentence was imposed, together with ancillary weapons, forfeiture, and DNA orders.
