D. Anger

The offender was found guilty by a jury of two counts of aggravated assault as a party to a planned shooting in downtown St. Catharines that injured the intended target and five innocent bystanders.

The Crown sought a 15-year sentence, while the defence sought a conditional sentence.

The court rejected the conditional sentence, finding the offender's moral blameworthiness high despite his non-shooter status.

After applying the Bellissimo range, considering mitigating factors, and applying credits for totality, Duncan, and Summers, the court imposed a net sentence of 5 years in a federal penitentiary.

The offender pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after police found over 280 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine in his residence.

The Crown sought a 3.5-year penitentiary sentence, while the defence requested a conditional sentence of two years less a day, citing collateral immigration consequences.

The court rejected the conditional sentence, finding the commercial nature and large quantity of drugs warranted a penitentiary term to address denunciation and deterrence.

The offender was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary.

The offender pleaded guilty to trafficking 2.5 kilograms of cocaine and 517 grams of fentanyl.

The Crown sought a sentence of 12 to 13 years, while the defence sought 2 years.

The court found that the offender's youth, lack of criminal record, significant rehabilitation efforts, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic constituted exceptional circumstances.

The court sentenced the offender to 4 years' incarceration, departing from the usual range of 8 to 12 years for such offences.