R. v. Bertrand Marchand

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeAndromache Karakatsanis; Suzanne Côté; Malcolm Rowe; Sheilah Martin; Nicholas Kasirer; Mahmud Jamal; Michelle O’Bonsawin
Citation2023 SCC 26
Docket Number39935; 40093
Date03 November 2023

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127 practice notes
  • R v Sheppard
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • December 21, 2023
    ...[293] In Friesen, the Supreme Court considered sentencing principles for sexual offences against children. See also R v Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26. The Court said in Friesen that the prime interests protected in the legislative scheme are personal autonomy, bodily integrity, sexual inte......
  • R. v. Jogiyat
    • Canada
    • Ontario Superior Court of Justice
    • June 18, 2024
    ...youthful offenders who are not being sentenced as youths. The Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed this in R. v. Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26, 487 D.L.R. (4th) 201, at para. 132, where it stated, “Even though an 18-year-old offender falls outside the scope of the youth criminal just......
  • R v L.A.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • December 29, 2023
    ...See also R c X at para 17). [110] One sees further application of that principle at work in the recent decision of R v Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26 [Bertrand Marchand] wherein the Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Québec Court of Appeal, which had held that a pre‑Friesen sentence......
  • Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 31, 2025
    ...Cases Cited By Moreau J. Applied: R. v. Hills, 2023 SCC 2 ; R. v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15 , [2015] 1 S.C.R. 773 ; R. v. Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26; explained: R. v. Goltz, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 485 ; considered: R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9 , [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424 ; referred to: R. v. Parranto, 20......
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  • R v Sheppard
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • December 21, 2023
    ...[293] In Friesen, the Supreme Court considered sentencing principles for sexual offences against children. See also R v Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26. The Court said in Friesen that the prime interests protected in the legislative scheme are personal autonomy, bodily integrity, sexual inte......
  • R. v. Jogiyat
    • Canada
    • Ontario Superior Court of Justice
    • June 18, 2024
    ...youthful offenders who are not being sentenced as youths. The Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed this in R. v. Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26, 487 D.L.R. (4th) 201, at para. 132, where it stated, “Even though an 18-year-old offender falls outside the scope of the youth criminal just......
  • R v L.A.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • December 29, 2023
    ...See also R c X at para 17). [110] One sees further application of that principle at work in the recent decision of R v Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26 [Bertrand Marchand] wherein the Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Québec Court of Appeal, which had held that a pre‑Friesen sentence......
  • Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 31, 2025
    ...Cases Cited By Moreau J. Applied: R. v. Hills, 2023 SCC 2 ; R. v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15 , [2015] 1 S.C.R. 773 ; R. v. Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26; explained: R. v. Goltz, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 485 ; considered: R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9 , [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424 ; referred to: R. v. Parranto, 20......
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