R. v. Thani

Decided: 2026-09-22. Docket: COA-24-CR-0341. Citation: 2026 ONCA 670 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Sentencing — Fitness of sentence — Whether sentence demonstrably unfit and restraint applied — Mitigating and aggravating circumstances considered, youthful first offender and public risk — Conditional sentence not available where sentence less than two years not appropriate — Deference absent error in principle, R. v. Lacasse — Sentence appeal dismissed | Evidence — Unreasonable verdict — Credibility and inferences — Whether verdict unreasonable after rejection of accused’s account — Credibility findings entitled to deference on appeal — Case not treated as circumstantial requiring negation of alternative inferences — Common sense inferences available on record, R. v. Kruk — Co