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Originally Posted by fredr123
I imagine the Crown will appeal the sentence (you're making a pitch for 12 years incarceration and the judge gives the convicted defendant 3 years of probation?). They've already appealed the conviction (the Crown was pushing for second degree murder but only got manslaughter).
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What's the basis for the appeal on either point? Unless Canadian criminal courts are drastically different than those in the US, which I'm 99% sure they aren't, appeals are based in errors of law, not just because you don't like the outcome. Is there an actual error in law in regards to this sentence? If it's within the allowable range I don't see where the appeal would lie.