SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: R. v. Banfield, 2011 NSSC 56
Date: 20110203
Docket: CRH 301471
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Her Majesty the Queen
v.
Shawn Kenneth Banfield
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Suzanne M. Hood
Written Decision: February 9, 2011, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
{Oral decision rendered February 3, 2011}
Subject: Sentencing
Summary: Offender charged with possession of cocaine and marihuana for the purpose of trafficking (s.5(2) CDSA) and two breaches (s.145(3) Criminal Code).
Issues: Fit sentence; credit for remand; consecutive versus concurrent sentences.
Result: 5.5 year sentence, reduced to 34.5 months by credits for remand and previous sentence.
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