R. v. Alves

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, onca, 2026onca622, 2026 onca 622 (canlii), 2026, onca, 622, (canlii), coa-25-cr-0465, 2026, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing, manslaughter, whether sentencing reasons misapprehended facts surrounding the death, it was open to conclude the appellant was the aggressor throughout, global sentence imposed with concurrent terms for related assaults, no misapprehension found, appeal dismissed, evidence, sentencing evidence, post, offence conduct, whether evidence of possession of two weapons in pre, trial custody was admissible on sentence, admission and consideration consistent with r. v. edwards (2001), 54 o.r. (3d) 737 (c.a.) and r. v. heron, 2017 onca 441, no error found, appeal dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing principles, rehabilitation, whether rehabilitation should have been treated as paramount for a youthful first, time offender, sentencing judge explicitly referred to youthfulness and lack of record, sentence found consistent with these factors and gave effect to rehabilitation, no error found, appeal dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing, mitigating factors, whether offer to plead guilty to manslaughter and intoxication should have been treated as mitigating, no error in treatment of offer to plead guilty, no error in giving intoxication little to no mitigating weight, sentence for manslaughter alone justified the global sentence, appeal dismissed