R v Mantla

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, ntca, 2026nwtca6, 2026 nwtca 6 (canlii), 2026, nwtca, 6, (canlii), a-1-ap-2018-000012, 2026, criminal and statutory offences, appeals, conviction and sentence appeal, second, degree murder and attempted murder convictions challenged, parole ineligibility period challenged, record does not support conviction or sentence grounds, conviction appeal dismissed, sentence appeal dismissed, appeals dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, mens rea, circumstantial evidence, whether trial judge erred in finding intent despite expressed lack of intention, mens rea as legal conclusion on the evidence, inference from proven facts where guilt only reasonable inference, r v villaroman, trial judge’s finding of requisite intent overwhelming on record, conviction appeal dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, defences, intoxication, whether intoxication impacted intent to kill, trial judge considered and rejected intoxication defence, evidence of functioning or mental abilities not particularly impacted, threats, multiple stab wounds, and cutting telephone cord supporting specific intent, no error in rejection of intoxication on record, conviction appeal dismissed, procedure, appeals, ineffective assistance of counsel, whether appellant established incompetence and miscarriage of justice, r v white, prior determination by special commissioner appointed under criminal code, s. 683, no video confession and no withholding found, presumption of competence applied, r v lundle, no merit to ineffective assistance ground, conviction appeal dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing, parole ineligibility and gladue factors, whether sentencing judge erred in principle by failing to follow methodology in r v gladue and r v ipeelee, indigenous circumstances considered but no reduction found due to seriousness and aggravating domestic context, parole ineligibility not demonstrably unfit, sentence appeal dismissed