Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Neutral Citation2025 SCC 33
Citation2025 SCC 33
Docket Number40882
Date31 October 2025

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  • R v. Nagra
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 5, 2026
    ...are not unduly excessive": R. v. Gilmore, 2025 ONCA 517, at para. 36; see also at para. 34; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [32] Parliament has also expressly mandated restraint in sentencing. It has instructed that an offender "should not be deprived of liber......
  • R. v. Daniels
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 5, 2025
    ...Code?”: see R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688, at para. 80; Parranto, at para. 36; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [185]       The imposition of a just sentence for manslaughter is one of the most difficult tasks a sentencing......
  • R. v. Hudspeth
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 4, 2026
    ...not unduly excessive": R. v. Gilmore, 2025 ONCA 517, at para. 36; see also Gilmore, at para. 34; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [40]        To arrive at a proportionate sentence, a sentencing judge must also account for any colla......
  • R. v. Patel
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 5, 2025
    ...Code”: R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688, at para. 80; Parranto, at para. 36; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [95]          In general, the objectively high gravity of the offences, the circumstances of the off......
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  • R v. Nagra
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 5, 2026
    ...are not unduly excessive": R. v. Gilmore, 2025 ONCA 517, at para. 36; see also at para. 34; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [32] Parliament has also expressly mandated restraint in sentencing. It has instructed that an offender "should not be deprived of liber......
  • R. v. Daniels
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 5, 2025
    ...Code?”: see R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688, at para. 80; Parranto, at para. 36; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [185]       The imposition of a just sentence for manslaughter is one of the most difficult tasks a sentencing......
  • R. v. Hudspeth
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 4, 2026
    ...not unduly excessive": R. v. Gilmore, 2025 ONCA 517, at para. 36; see also Gilmore, at para. 34; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [40]        To arrive at a proportionate sentence, a sentencing judge must also account for any colla......
  • R. v. Patel
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 5, 2025
    ...Code”: R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688, at para. 80; Parranto, at para. 36; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33, at para. [95]          In general, the objectively high gravity of the offences, the circumstances of the off......
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