R. v. Fraser

Decided: 2026-10-07. Docket: COA-24-CR-0555. Citation: 2026 ONCA 717 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Sentencing — Sentence appeal — Firearms and drug offences — Whether errors in principle justified appellate intervention — Global sentence imposed for loaded prohibited firearm and cocaine trafficking offences — Appellate court reduced global sentence and adjusted consecutive terms — Leave to appeal granted and sentence appeal allowed | Procedure — Appeals — Sentence appeals — Appellate intervention — Whether sentencing reasons disclosed errors in principle affecting sentence — Cumulative effect of errors had an impact on the sentence under R. v. Lacasse — Leave to appeal considered and granted — Sentence appeal allowed and sentence reduced | Criminal and statutory offences — Se