Shawn Norris was found guilty of impaired driving causing death and bodily harm, and dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm.
This sentencing decision considered aggravating factors, including three prior impaired driving convictions, multiple victims, and dangerous driving, alongside mitigating factors such as admissions made during trial, employment history, family support, and an acquired brain injury that occurred post-offence.
The court emphasized denunciation and general deterrence as paramount objectives, while also considering the impact of the defendant's subsequent brain injury on the severity of incarceration.
The judge imposed an eight-year penitentiary sentence and a lifetime driving prohibition.
