R. v. Sharma,

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

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  • R. v. Bykovets,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 1, 2024
    ...R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424; R. v. Find, 2001 SCC 32, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 863; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. Spence, 2005 SCC 71, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 458; In re The Board of Commerce Act, 1919, and The Combines and Fair Prices Act, 1919, [1922] 1 A.......
  • Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 28, 2024
    ...Columbia (Attorney General), 2000 BCSC 1123 , 79 B.C.L.R. (3d) 122 ; R. v. N.S., 2012 SCC 72 , [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726 ; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 , [2021] 1 S.C.R. 679 ; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28 , [2020] 3 S.C.R. 113 . By Martin and O&#x......
  • R v McGregor,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 17, 2023
    ...7 App. Cas. 96; Reference re Remuneration of Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 3; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265; R. v. Caslake, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 51; R. v. Nolet, 2010 SCC 24, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 851; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [20......
  • R. v. McGregor,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 17, 2023
    ...7 App. Cas. 96; Reference re Remuneration of Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 3; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265; R. v. Caslake, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 51; R. v. Nolet, 2010 SCC 24, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 851; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [20......
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  • R. v. Bykovets,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 1, 2024
    ...R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424; R. v. Find, 2001 SCC 32, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 863; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. Spence, 2005 SCC 71, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 458; In re The Board of Commerce Act, 1919, and The Combines and Fair Prices Act, 1919, [1922] 1 A.......
  • Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 28, 2024
    ...Columbia (Attorney General), 2000 BCSC 1123 , 79 B.C.L.R. (3d) 122 ; R. v. N.S., 2012 SCC 72 , [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726 ; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 , [2021] 1 S.C.R. 679 ; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28 , [2020] 3 S.C.R. 113 . By Martin and O&#x......
  • R v McGregor,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 17, 2023
    ...7 App. Cas. 96; Reference re Remuneration of Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 3; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265; R. v. Caslake, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 51; R. v. Nolet, 2010 SCC 24, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 851; R. v. Vu, 2013 SCC 60, [20......
  • R v Bykovets,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 1, 2024
    ...R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424; R. v. Find, 2001 SCC 32, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 863; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. Spence, 2005 SCC 71, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 458; In re The Board of Commerce Act, 1919, and The Combines and Fair Prices Act, 1919, [1922] 1 A.......
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  • 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)......
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  • 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......
  • 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......
  • 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......
  • Sentencing
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Offences Against Children, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2023
    ...scope, and interpretation of Canada’s conditional sentence legislation.196 193 SC 2022, c 15 (Bill C-5). 194 Note that in R v Sharma , 2022 SCC 39, the Supreme Court upheld previous (and now repealed) ss 742.1(c) and 742.1(e)(ii) of the Criminal Code as constitutional. Section 742.1(c) had ......
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