The offender pleaded guilty to manslaughter after fatally stabbing a man in a bar.
The Crown sought a dangerous offender designation under s. 753(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code based on a long pattern of violent conduct involving unprovoked assaults and weapon use.
The court accepted psychiatric evidence that the offender suffered from schizophrenia and other disorders but found the statutory criteria for dangerous offender designation were met due to a pattern of repetitive violent behaviour and a likelihood of future violence.
However, the court concluded that an indeterminate sentence was not justified because treatment compliance, particularly injectable medication and structured supervision, created a reasonable expectation that the public could be adequately protected.
The offender was sentenced to a determinate term followed by a long-term supervision order.
