The accused pleaded guilty to trafficking in cocaine (55.29 grams) and failure to comply with a release order.
The Crown sought two years imprisonment while defence counsel sought six months less one day.
The court imposed a 12-month custodial sentence, considering the seriousness of cocaine trafficking, the offender's status as a mid-level trafficker motivated by financial gain, and significant mitigating factors including the offender's youth, genuine remorse, strong family support, reasonable prospects for rehabilitation, and social context evidence regarding systemic discrimination affecting the offender as a Black man.
The sentence was reduced from a proportionate 24 months due to the offender's existing significant penitentiary sentence and the mitigating circumstances presented.
