The appellant applied for an order pursuant to s. 70 of the Supreme Court Act to reverse a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba that upheld his sentence for manslaughter.
The original sentence included life imprisonment with a minimum ten-year period of incarceration before parole eligibility under s. 741.2 of the Criminal Code.
Upon reading the materials and noting the respondent's consent, the Supreme Court of Canada granted the application and varied the sentence by deleting the ten-year minimum incarceration requirement.
