2 total
Custody Relief granted
The accused pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine.
An undercover officer purchased 0.16 grams of crack from the accused, with an additional small amount found upon search.
The accused had a prior conviction for trafficking cocaine in 2009, triggering a mandatory minimum penalty of one year imprisonment.
The court granted a joint submission for 1.5 days credit for each day of pretrial custody served, based on justifying circumstances including lack of remission credit, difficult prison conditions, the accused's status as an addict in need of rehabilitation unavailable during pretrial custody, and cooperative behaviour since arrest.
Youthful first offender sentenced to conditional sentence for accessory after the fact to aggravated assault.
The offender pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to aggravated assault after disposing of a knife used by a co-accused in a fatal stabbing.
The offender was 18 years old at the time, had no prior criminal record, and was unaware of the victim's death when he disposed of the weapon.
The court weighed the principles of general deterrence and denunciation against the offender's youth, lack of record, and rehabilitative prospects, ultimately imposing a conditional sentence and probation.
