R. v. Sharma

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; Jamal, Mahmud
Citation2022 SCC 39
Date04 November 2022
Docket Number39346

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2 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 7-11, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 16, 2025
    ...2002 SCC 33, Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 732, aff'd 2021 SCC 34, R. v. Sharma, 2020 ONCA 478, R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39, Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Taylor, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 892, RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 199, Little ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 10 ' 14, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 20, 2025
    ...S.C. 1968-69, c. 38, s. 13, R. v. 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81, R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26, R. v. D.F., 2024 SCC 14, R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39, R. v. Ghotra, 2021 SCC 12, R. v. Langan, 2020 SCC 33, R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC 33, R. v. Hutchinson, 2014 SCC 19, Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes Ltd. (Re)......
8 books & journal articles
  • Sentencing
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2023
    ...39 37 R v Daly , 2013 SKPC 40 at para 37. 38 R v Henderson , 2012 MBCA 9 at para 46. 39 R v Sharma , 2018 ONSC 1141 at para 24 , aff’d 2022 SCC 39 . © 2023 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 23 Sentencing 485 Other factors cited are whether incarceration would be co......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2023
    .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Sharma, R v , 2020 ONCA 478 ................................................. 488 Sharma, R v , 2022 SCC 39 .................................................... 488 Sharp, R v, 1984 CanLII 3487, 3 OAC 26 (CA) .................................142, 1......
  • Charter Considerations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ..., [1988] 1 SCR 30 at 120, 1988 CanLII 90. 13 Ndhlovu, supra note 6 at para 77, citing Bedford, supra note 11 at para 112. 14 R v Sharma , 2022 SCC 39 at para 87, citing Safarzadeh-Markhali, supra note 2 at para 24; R v Moriarity , 2015 SCC 55 at para 24. 15 Bedford, supra note 11 at para 12......
  • Sentencing Charts
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...would 137 CDSA, s 10(2)(a)-(c). 138 Just two weeks before the passing of Bill C-5, the Supreme Court issued its decision in R v Sharma , 2022 SCC 39, in which the Court upheld the legislative scheme that limited the availability of conditional sentences. The Court found that the mandatory m......
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