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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

Citation: R v. Clarke, 2009 NSSC 154

 

Date: 20090417

Docket: CRSK 282550

Registry: Kentville

 

 

 

 

Between:

 

 

Regina

 

 

Plaintiff

v.

 

 

 

William Harold Clarke

Defendant

 

 

Judge:                            The Honourable Justice Felix Cacchione

 

Heard:                            April 4 to 17, 2009, at Kentville, Nova Scotia

 

Written Decision:  May 6, 2009

 

Counsel:                         Ingrid Brodie and Diane McGrath, Crown Attorneys

Robert Stewart, Q.C., Solicitor for the Defendant


By the Court:

 

[1]              Mr. Clarke, as I have said, you have been convicted of first degree murder. 

 

[2]              There is no discretion in the sentencing process.  You are sentenced to life imprisonment.  You will have to serve a minimum of twenty-five years before you are eligible to apply for parole.

 

 

J.

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