May 19th, 2017
R v Ford, 2017 ABQB 322 per Veit, J
Law Updates Tags: Charter s.12, Minimum 1 Year Sentence, s.151(a) C.C.
Issue regarding the constitutionality of the statutory minimum sentence of one year imprisonment for the offence of sexual touching (151(a) CC) where the Crown proceeds by indictment. Evidence from a psychologist that accused functioned at a “social development age” of 14 or 15, which would place him into the chronological age exemption set out in … Read More.