R v Aarons

Decided: 2026-09-29. Docket: 2603-0020A. Citation: 2026 ABCA 309 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Sentencing appeal — Aggravated assault — Criminal Code, s. 268 — Guilty plea and sentence for brutal and violent group assault — Whether sentence review warranted absent demonstrably unfit disposition — Appeal dismissed | Criminal and statutory offences — Sentencing credit — Judicial interim release — Whether sentencing judge erred in declining one-to-one credit for house arrest — Strict bail conditions treated as akin to pre-trial custody, discretion to award credit, R v Lau, R v Hoelscher — No error in principle found — Appeal dismissed | Criminal and statutory offences — Mitigating factors — Release conditions — Whether failure to quantify credit for time on release invites appel