R v Y.K.

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, bcca, 2026bcca371, 2026 bcca 371 (canlii), 2026, bcca, 371, (canlii), ca51214, 2026, procedure, criminal appeal, appointment of counsel, criminal code, s. 684(1), whether appointment of a lawyer is in the interests of justice, factors include complexity, competency, need for counsel, penalty, and merits, appeal not factually or legally complicated, no realistic prospect of success, application dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, guilty plea, miscarriage of justice, criminal code, s. 686(1)(a)(iii), whether guilty plea was informed, voluntary and unequivocal, alleged uninformed plea and ineffective assistance at plea inquiry, deference to provincial court factual findings, no palpable and overriding error, no realistic prospect of conviction appeal succeeding, application dismissed, criminal and statutory offences, sentencing appeal, joint submission, criminal code, s. 687(1), whether sentence reflects an error in principle or is demonstrably unfit, sentencing judge bound by joint submission unless administration of justice undermined, no error in principle identified, no meritorious basis for unfitness, no arguable merit on sentence appeal, application dismissed