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                                       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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