R v Ross

Decided: 2026-09-10. Docket: CACR3995. Citation: 2026 SKCA 103 (CanLII). 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 manslaug