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R. v. Melvin

Court Court of Appeal
Date 2003-12-15
Citation 2003 NSCA 142
Docket CAC 191562
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator Fichaud, Joel E. (Honourable Justice); Glube, Constance R. (Honourable Chief Justice) (CA); Saunders, Jamie W. S. (Honourable Justice) (CA)
Document Type Library Sheet
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                                NOVA SCOTIA COURT OF APPEAL

                                 Citation: R. v. Melvin, 2003 NSCA 142

 

                                                                                             Docket: CAC 191562

                                                                                                   Registry:  Halifax

Between:

                                              James Bernard Melvin

                                                                                                               Appellant

                                                             v.

 

                                             Her Majesty The Queen               

                                                                                                            Respondent

                                                             

                                                                                                                            

                                                             

JUDGE:                                        Glube, C.J.N.S.

 

APPEAL HEARD:                        December 3, 2003

 

JUDGMENT DELIVERED:          December 15, 2003

 

SUBJECT:       Sentence Appeal  

 

SUMMARY:    Guilty plea to charge of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. Accused arranged for a person to bring him cocaine while he was in prison serving a 2 ½ year sentence for 5 offences, including a trafficking offence.  Judge imposed a 3 year sentence.

 

ISSUE:             Fitness of the sentence

 

RESULT:         Decision of sentencing judge not based on a misunderstanding of R. v. Thompson, [1994] O.J. No. 2855 (Ont. Gen Div.) or that accused in a commercial or profit-driven enterprise.  The judge emphasized appropriate aggravating and mitigating factors.  Three years held to be a fit sentence.

 

 

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