SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: R. v. Thompson, 2010 NSSC 106
Date: 2010318 Docket: CR. No. 316826
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Her Majesty the Queen
-and-
Chaze Lamar Thompson
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Robert W. Wright
Heard: March 18, 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Oral
Decision: March 18, 2010
Written
Decision: March 22, 2010
Subject: Sentencing for the offence of robbery and related offences - joint recommendation on sentencing.
Summary: The offender entered a plea of guilty to the offences of robbery, wearing a face mask with intent to commit an indictable offence, and breach of a recognizance. An Agreed Statement of Facts was provided whereby the offender admitted being involved in an armed robbery of a convenience store.
Counsel presented a joint recommendation that the offender be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 4 years (less credit for time served on remand on a 2 for 1 basis), together with corollary orders authorizing the taking of a DNA sample and imposing a lifetime weapons prohibition ban.
Issue: Whether joint recommendation should be accepted as a fit and proper sentence?
Result: The joint recommendation fell within the acceptable range of sentencing outcomes for the crime of robbery outlined by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in R. v. Bratzer (2002) 198 N.S.R. (2d) 303 and was therefore accepted by the court resulting in a further term or imprisonment of 32 months from the sentencing date onward.
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