R. v. Charlie (F.J.), 2015 YKCA 3
| Judge | Kirkpatrick, Frankel and Neilson, JJ.A. |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Yukon Territory) |
| Case Date | January 29, 2015 |
| Jurisdiction | Yukon |
| Citations | 2015 YKCA 3;(2015), 366 B.C.A.C. 254 (YukCA) |
R. v. Charlie (F.J.) (2015), 366 B.C.A.C. 254 (YukCA);
629 W.A.C. 254
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Temp. Cite: [2015] B.C.A.C. TBEd. FE.001
Regina (appellant) v. Franklin Junior Charlie (respondent)
(YU735; 2015 YKCA 3)
Indexed As: R. v. Charlie (F.J.)
Yukon Court of Appeal
Kirkpatrick, Frankel and Neilson, JJ.A.
January 29, 2015.
Summary:
The now 29 year old accused pleaded guilty to robbery in 2013. He was sentenced to nine weeks' imprisonment after 1.0 to 1.0 credit for 14 months' pre-trial custody. The Crown appealed against sentence, seeking a sentence of 38 months' imprisonment, less credit for pre-trial custody, for a net sentence to be served of two years less a day. The Crown argued that the trial judge erred in crafting a sentence outside of the usual range because the accused was an aboriginal offender suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome ("extremely low" range of intellectual functioning). His mental age was 10-12 and he had cognitive deficits. The accused had multiple prior convictions for theft, robbery, breaching probation orders, escaping lawful custody, etc.
The Yukon Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal. A judge did not err simply by imposing a sentence that was admittedly below the low end of the usual range of sentences. The sentencing judge, faced with exceptional circumstance, did not err in imposing the sentence that he did given the accused's moral culpability and the need for rehabilitation as the best option of protecting society.
Criminal Law - Topic 5832
Sentencing - Considerations on imposing sentence - Rehabilitation - See paragraphs 1 to 48.
Criminal Law - Topic 5834.7
Sentencing - Considerations on imposing sentence - Mental illness or disorder - See paragraphs 1 to 48.
Criminal Law - Topic 5846.1
Sentencing - Considerations on imposing sentence - Aboriginal offenders - See paragraphs 1 to 48.
Criminal Law - Topic 5846.5
Sentencing - Considerations on imposing sentence - Sentence precedents (incl. starting point principle) - See paragraphs 1 to 48.
Criminal Law - Topic 5855
Sentence - Robbery - See paragraphs 1 to 48.
Cases Noticed:
R. v. Sidney, 2008 YKTC 40, refd to. [para. 27].
R. v. Bernier (D.C.) (2003), 179 B.C.A.C. 218; 295 W.A.C. 218; 2003 BCCA 134, refd to. [para. 29].
R. v. Gladue (J.T.), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688; 238 N.R. 1; 121 B.C.A.C. 161; 198 W.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. 33].
R. v. Ipeelee (M.), [2012] 1 S.C.R. 433; 428 N.R. 1; 288 O.A.C. 224; 318 B.C.A.C. 1; 541 W.A.C. 1; 2012 SCC 13, refd to. [para. 33].
R. v. C.A.M., [1996] 1 S.C.R. 500; 194 N.R. 321; 73 B.C.A.C. 81; 120 W.A.C. 81, refd to. [para. 38].
R. v. Nasogaluak (L.M.), [2010] 2 S.C.R. 206; 398 N.R. 107; 474 A.R. 88; 479 W.A.C. 88; 2010 SCC 6, refd to. [para. 38].
Counsel:
N. Sinclair, for the appellant;
K. Hawkins, for the respondent.
This appeal was heard on January 6, 2015, at Vancouver, B.C., before Kirkpatrick, Frankel and Neilson, JJ.A., of the Yukon Court of Appeal.
On January 29, 2015, Kirkpatrick, J.A., delivered the following judgment for the Court of Appeal.
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