R v Sheppard,, 2020 ABCA 455

CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Patricia Rowbotham,The Honourable Mr. Justice Brian O’Ferrall,The Honourable Madam Justice Jo'Anne Strekaf
Citation2020 ABCA 455
Docket Number1901-0259-A
Date11 December 2020

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7 practice notes
  • Aggravating and Mitigating Factors
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...v Marshall, 2021 ONCA 344 at para 50. 105 Ibid . 106 Ibid at para 51. 107 Ibid at para 51. 108 Ibid at para 52. 109 Ibid at para 53. 110 2020 ABCA 455 at para 22. 111 2021 ABCA 227 at paras 20, 78. 112 MacLennan, supra note 90 at para 17. Copyright © 2024 Emond Montgomery Publications. All ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ...R v, 2001 SCC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 208, 219 Sheppard, R v, 2020 ABCA 455 ............................................... 136 Shortt, Re, 2020 ONCA 651 ................................................... 9 Shubley, R v......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...64 Sheppard , R v , 2002 SCC 26 ........................................................... 103 Sheppard , R v , 2020 ABCA 455 .......................................................... 131 Sheridan v Ontario , 2014 ONSC 4970 ................................................... 361 Shewchuk ......
  • Sentence Reductions
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ...R v Morgan , 2020 ONCA 279 at para 8, which took judicial notice of several general propositions about the pandemic. 64 R v Sheppard , 2020 ABCA 455 at para 22, Rowbotham and Strekaf JJA. In dissent, O’Ferrall JA would have followed Duncan and applied it on the facts of the case to grant en......
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3 cases
  • R v HF
    • Canada
    • Provincial Court of Alberta (Canada)
    • February 17, 2021
    ...the actions of the Offender but also those of the state actors” (Nasogaluak, at para 49). [93] In the recent decision of R v Sheppard, 2020 ABCA 455 (Sheppard), the court discussed whether prolonged administrative segregation could be considered as a mitigating factor in sentencing apart fr......
  • R v Beaver, 2021 ABCA 227
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • June 17, 2021
    ...to deduct a specific, identified quantity of time from the sentences imposed for the Charter breach. As was the case in R v Sheppard, 2020 ABCA 455 at para 19, it is notable that neither defence counsel at the sentencing hearing made submissions on the Charter breach in mitigation of senten......
  • R v Law, 2021 ABCA 326
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 1, 2021
    ...reluctant to consider entirely new arguments, particularly when there is no factual record from the trial on the issue: R. v Sheppard, 2020 ABCA 455 at para. 19; R. v Marriott, 2014 NSCA 28 at para. 28, 309 CCC (3d) 305. When all factors are considered, the application to admit fresh eviden......
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  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ...R v, 2001 SCC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 208, 219 Sheppard, R v, 2020 ABCA 455 ............................................... 136 Shortt, Re, 2020 ONCA 651 ................................................... 9 Shubley, R v......
  • Aggravating and Mitigating Factors
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...v Marshall, 2021 ONCA 344 at para 50. 105 Ibid . 106 Ibid at para 51. 107 Ibid at para 51. 108 Ibid at para 52. 109 Ibid at para 53. 110 2020 ABCA 455 at para 22. 111 2021 ABCA 227 at paras 20, 78. 112 MacLennan, supra note 90 at para 17. Copyright © 2024 Emond Montgomery Publications. All ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...64 Sheppard , R v , 2002 SCC 26 ........................................................... 103 Sheppard , R v , 2020 ABCA 455 .......................................................... 131 Sheridan v Ontario , 2014 ONSC 4970 ................................................... 361 Shewchuk ......
  • Sentence Reductions
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ...R v Morgan , 2020 ONCA 279 at para 8, which took judicial notice of several general propositions about the pandemic. 64 R v Sheppard , 2020 ABCA 455 at para 22, Rowbotham and Strekaf JJA. In dissent, O’Ferrall JA would have followed Duncan and applied it on the facts of the case to grant en......