R v Ross

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, skca, 2026skca103, 2026 skca 103 (canlii), 2026, skca, 103, (canlii), cacr3995, 2026, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing, manslaughter, criminal code, s. 236, appeal against sentence following guilty plea and conviction, whether eight, year imprisonment is demonstrably unfit, range of 4 to 12 years and seven, year starting point considered, comparable cases reviewed, appeal dismissed, procedure, appeals, sentence appeal, criminal code, s. 675(1)(b), standard of review in appeals against sentence, whether sentencing judge erred in principle affecting sentence, r v friesen and r v lacasse applied, no basis to intervene and vary sentence, appeal dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing, principles and objectives, denunciation and deterrence emphasised for manslaughter, mitigating and aggravating factors assessed on agreed statement of facts, whether mitigation reduced moral culpability requiring a lower sentence, sentence held proportionate to gravity and culpability, appeal dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing, indigenous offender, gladue considerations raised on sentence appeal, whether judge had full regard to gladue considerations affecting the appellant in life, mitigating factors and primary objectives weighed, no error in principle and sentence within range, appeal dismissed