Epstein

The appellant appealed his four-year global sentence for gun and drug offences.

Relying on the recent decision in R. v. Nur, the Court of Appeal reconsidered the sentence but concluded that the four-year term remained fit, noting that the combination of gun and drug offences poses a pernicious threat to public safety.

The appeal was dismissed.

The appellant appealed a trial judgment regarding the equalization of net family property and the accounting of debits and credits.

The Court of Appeal found no error in the trial judge's conclusion that the respondent owed an equalization payment of $9,764.30.

The court was also satisfied that the appellant received a fair trial and found no error in the trial judge's costs award.

The appeal was dismissed with costs.

The appellant appealed his convictions for trafficking in cocaine, possession of proceeds of crime, and offering to transfer a firearm, which arose from an undercover police operation.

He argued that the trial judge erred in refusing to stay the charges for unreasonable delay under s. 11(b) of the Charter, failing to exclude evidence due to s. 8 and s. 10(b) Charter breaches, misapprehending identification evidence, and rejecting his entrapment application.

The Court of Appeal reviewed the periods of delay and found that while the delay was significant, it did not violate s. 11(b) when balanced against societal interests and the lack of actual prejudice.

The Court also upheld the trial judge's findings that the search was consensual or minimally intrusive, the identification evidence was reliable, and the undercover officer's actions constituted legitimate investigation rather than entrapment.

The appeal was dismissed.