D. Rows

The offender pleaded guilty to trafficking fentanyl and criminal negligence causing death after selling cocaine laced with fentanyl to the victim, who subsequently died of an overdose.

The offender admitted to wilful blindness, having told the victim the drugs were a 'real head-spinner'.

The court rejected a suspended sentence, emphasizing denunciation and deterrence for fentanyl trafficking, and sentenced the offender to three years' imprisonment.

The applicant, charged with drug and firearms offences, brought a Charter motion to exclude evidence seized from his residence and vehicle.

The court initially denied standing regarding the residence but allowed the applicant to reopen evidence, ultimately finding he had a reasonable expectation of privacy.

The court found the Information to Obtain (ITO) the search warrant for the residence lacked sufficient corroboration, resulting in a section 8 Charter breach.

However, the court dismissed the section 7, 8, and 9 claims regarding the vehicle search and arrest, finding them lawful.

Applying the Grant framework under section 24(2), the court admitted the evidence from the residence, concluding the police acted in good faith and the highly reliable evidence was essential to the truth-seeking function of the trial.