Canadian Criminal Sentencing/Cases/Drug Trafficking (Schedule I)

Cocaine and Crack

Importation

Case	Citation	Sentence	Drug / Quant.	Comments
R. v. Payne	2012 CanLII 41098 (NL SCTD)	5 years, 7 months	3 kg	also importing 12k pills and marijuana. Total street value of $645,000.00.
R. v. Robinson	2012 ONSC 1613	8 years	3.5 kg	cocaine. previously convicted in Jamaica of attempt export 7kg ganga
R. v. Razmara	2012 ONCA 13	14 years	"large amount"	cocaine. criminal record in usa for similar offences. was on probation at time of offense.

Mid to high level trafficking (over 5 oz / 141 gr)

Case	Citation	Sentence	Drug / Quant.	Comments
R. v. Huynh	2012 ABQB 483 (CanLII)	37 months	412 gr	commercial retailer
R. v. G.T.	2012 MBQB 135	36 months	30 oz	courier
R v Nestbitt	2012 BCCCA 243	2 years less a day CSO	17 kg	youthful--let his residence be used as a stash house, made deliveries
R. v. Marshall	2012 ABCA 160	2 years less a day	9 oz
R. v. Brown	2012 MBQB 29	5 years	10 oz	attempted to purchase cocaine, gang affiliation.
R. v. Messervey	2012 CanLII 2507 (NL SCTD)	$20,000 fine + probation	10 oz	age 55
R. v. Ducharme	2012 MBCA 35	5 years	1 kg cocaine	more than mere courier
R. v. Archibald	2012 CanLII 11927 (NL SCTD)	2 years less a day CSO (JR)	1 lb	cocaine
R v Momprevil	2012 ONCA 209	8 years	$133k worth	also convicted of assault CBH and poss'n marijuana
R. v. Kum	2012 ONSC 1314	8 years	3 kg
R. v. Oraha	2012 ONSC 1439	9 years	3kg	also convicted for trafficking in MDMA and methamphetamine.
R. v. Dew	2012 MBQB 28	7 to 12 years	2kg and 10 oz	over three deals, age 55
R. v. Traimany	2011 MBCA 104	60 months	1 lb
R. v. Qureshi	2011 ABPC 332	9 to 10 years	1,331 gr cocaine 1,625 gr meth 506 ecstasy tablets	connections with organized crime; loaded guns found
R. v. Burrett	2011 ONCA 565	7 years	2.5 kg	over three transactions; joint recommendation; co-accused got 4 years
R. v. Bryan	2011 ONCA 273	5 to 8 years	1 pound of cocaine	no record; guilty plea
R. v. Calanza	2010 MBQB 240	3 years	$30k worth	mid-level dealer
R. v. Butt	2010 NSCA 56	5 years	1.2 kg cocaine	long record; middleman
R. v. John Preston Kuenzler	2010 ONSC 4016	4 years	880.32 g cocaine; 15,348.98 g marijuana other drugs
R. v. Yakimishyn	2009 ABQB 162	10.5 years	3kg
R. v. Byrne	2009 NLCA 3	2 years less a day CSO	280 gr cocaine	age 29 with no record
R. v. Ruggiero	2008 ONCA 314	41 months	2000 pills of ecstasy; 769.22 grams of cocaine, including 517.96 grams of crack
R. v. Mileos	2008 BCSC 1833	42 mo	Cocaine 52.3 kg	no record; age 43
R. v. Nero	2008 ONCA 622	8 years	3kg	overturned sentence of 5 years; involved three offences: two instances of trafficking 1kg each, and possession of 1 kg for purpose; age 31, unrelated record, guilty plea.
R. v. Hein	2008 BCCA 230	44 months	6.5 kilos	cooperated with police
R. v. Epp	2006 BCCA 570	10 years	100 kilos
R. v. Snow	2006 ABCA 167	5 years	53 spitballs of cocaine, 12 oz of hard cocaine, two oz powder cocaine , 6 spitballs of methamphetamine, and one ounce of methamphetamine
R. v. Vautour	2005 NBQB 417	3 years	10 oz cocaine
R. v. Patel	2005 BCPC 442	2 years	1.8 kilo cocaine	possessed 900 flaps of cocaine, family highly dependent on defendant
R. v. Szczerba	2004 ABCA 301	10 oz cocaine	30 months
R. v. Macias	[2003] O.J. No. 5564 (S.C.)	5 years	1.3 kg	no record, deep remorse, no personal remuneration
R. v. McCrae	2003 ABPC 93	15 months	4 ounces of crack cocaine
R. v. Bajada	2003 CanLII 15687 (ON CA), (2003), 173 C.C.C. (3d) 255 (Ont. C.A.)	6 years	0.5 Kg cocaine	age 51; long record
R. v. D.E.M.	2002 NWTSC 89	30 mo	10 oz cocaine	admits to being courier; 18 years old
R. v. Pankewich	2002 SKCA 7	2 years less a day	10 oz / 1 lb	two co-accused
R v  Henderson	2002 ABQB 442	3.5 years	1 kg and 40 oz	gun present; courier; on bail for 5 years
R v Chaves	[2002] S.J. No. 63 (S.C.)	2 years less a day CSO	1 lb and 10 oz	large commercial enterprise; middleman; no record
R. v. Clough	2001 BCCA 613	12 month CSO	9 oz cocaine
R. v. Salazar	[2000] OJ No. 4974	8 mo. CSO	8 oz
R. v. Lobon-Valencia	1999 BCCA 315	three years after remand time	6 kilos of cocaine
R. v. Ellrodt	1999 BCCA 57	2 years less a day CSO	quarter pound of cocaine
R. v. Aguilera	1998 CanLII 4115 (ON CA), (1998), 105 O.A.C. 366 (C.A.)	6 years	3 kg	no record, considered the “lower end” of the range
R v Mong	1998 BCCA	3 years	17.8 oz cocaine
Bui	1997 BC	2 years less a day	27 oz cocaine
R. v. Cavuoti	[1990] O.J. No. 17 (C.A.)	6 years	5 lb (2.27kg)	no related record

Low level trafficking (5 oz/141 gr or less)

Case	Citation	Sentence	Drug / Quant.	Summary
R v Agecoutay	2012 SKPC 186 (CanLII)	15 months CSO	1.5 gr	Offender was remorseful and broke ties from gang.
R v McCallum	2012 SKPC 162 (CanLII)	20 months CSO	$80 worth
R v McIntyre	2012 SKCA 111 (CanLII)	10 months	$280 worth	Offender part of a dial-a-dope operation, caught selling to undercover twice.
R. v. Coss	2012 MBQB 272 (CanLII)	4 years	~85 grams
R. v. Peddie	2012 ABPC 238 (CanLII)	2 years less a day CSO	3 small pieces of crack	sold crack to undercover three times
R. v. Ahmed	2012 ABPC 191	2 years	50 grams
R. v. Dzienis	2012 ONCJ 442	18 month CSO	28.75 grams
R. v. Abdi Fatah Mahamad	2012 ONSC 3641	16 months CSO	6.6 grams	sold crack to undercover officer three times
R v Fowler	2012 SKPC 93	18 months CSO	10 cc
R v Shawile	2012 SKCA 51	18 months	54 grams	overturned CSO
R. v. Shusterman	2012 BCSC 362	1 year	29 grams	cocaine trafficking
R. v. Carvery	2012 NSSC 49	2 years	4.4 g	two counts trafficking
R. v. Barrick	2012 BCCA 83	6 to 7.5 months	2 to 4g	trafficking one two occasions
R. v. Robinson	2012 ONCA 50	12 months	-
R. v. Taylor	2012 CanLII 1915 (NL SCTD)	16 months CSO		warden smuggling in cocaine into prison
R. v. L.C.	2011 NSPC 35
R. v. Tolliver	2011 NSSC 54
R v Mullins	2011 SKQB 478	30 months	29.9 g	also had 13,000g of marijuana and $20k+ of cash
R v Do	2011 ABQB 749	30 months	.7 grams	cocaine trafficking
R. v. Kane	2011 NLTD 159	2 years less CSO		conspiracy to traffick in cocaine and marijuana
R. v. Pham	2011 ABQB 647	2 years less a day CSO		over 10 year old charge
R. v. Simmonds	2011 NLTD 135	7 months, 14 days	32 grams
R. v. Hussseinali	2011 ABPC 270	1 year	.5 grams
R. v. Kassim	2011 ABPC 266	2 years less CSO	1.2 grams
R. v. Pitts	2011 NSPC 60	2 years	60 grams	age 31; limited record; diabetes
R. v. Speziale	2011 ONCA 580	14 months	< 15 gr	age 29; appeal from 5 years
R. v. Liparoti	2011 ABCA 250	18 mo CSO	small quantity of crack	69 days remand; "exceptional" circumstances
R. v. Gosselin	2011 NWTTC 15	9 months	3 gr
R. v. Schmidt	2011 ABCA 211	2 years less a day jail		18 mo for two incidents appealed
R. v. Dow	2011 ABCA 38	30 months	50gr cocaine; other drugs as well	appealed 2 year CSO
R. v. Chalifoux	2010 ABCA 237	4 years	81 grams of cocaine; 180 morphine tablets; 148 grams of marijuana	CSO appealed;
R. v. Conyers	2010 ABQB 520	2 years less CSO	1.8 grams
R. v. Strickland	2010 NLTD 2	16 months	9.6 grams of cocaine; 66 ecstasy pills
R. v. Harrison	2009 ONCA 386	12 months	8.95 gr cocaine
R. v. Allison	2009 NSSC 264	30 mo
R. v. Walkley	2009 BCCA 87	15 months
R. v. Conway	2009 NSCA 95	18 months		elderly offender
R. v. Blais	2009 ABQB 103	3 years	141 gr of cocaine (part crack part powder)	fully employed, some record for violence and breaches.
R. v. Knickle	2009 NSCA 59			rejected CSO
R. v. Sampson	2009 NSSC 165
R. v. Balon	2009 SKQB 233 (CanLII)	12 months CSO	30 grams
R. v. McDougall	2009 BCSC 126	6 mo and probation	3 gr cocaine	dial-a-dope operation; clean for 2 years
R. v. Hashem	2008 SKQB 220	18 months	30 g
R. v. Barrett	2008 NLCA 23	2 years less a day CSO		5 counts trafficking
R. v. Von Hagen	2008 SKCA 123	18 mo CSO	4 gr of crack cocaine; 11 gr marijuana	19 years old, no record; tried to bring drugs into penitentiary for boyfriend.
R. v. Alibhai	2008 BCSC 1549	9 mo	22.7 gr of crack cocaine	low level dial-a-dope; some record; no addiction issues
R. v. Klassen	2008 YKTC 64	4 months	0.4 g crack
R. v. Powland	2008 ABPC 273	12 months CSO	60 grams
R. v. Draskoczi	2008 NWTTC 12	18 mo	1 gr crack	33 year old; lengthy criminal record including 2 counts of possession for purposes of trafficking
R. v. Dunbar	2008 NSPC 57	16 months after 14 mo credit	5.5 gr crack cocaine	long record; low level dealer
R. v. Cheung	2008 BCSC 1834	1 year CSO	3.4 grams	low level dial a dope operation;
R. v. Johnson	2008 BCSC 1162	8 months	3.6 grams
R. v. Steeves	2007 NSCA 130		77g coke; 100 ecstasy pills	29 years old, 2 children; neurological disorder; overturn CSO
R v Bowen	2007 ABCA 40	14 months CSO	1 gram
R. v. Sawatsky	2007 ABCA 353	42 months		appeals 2 year CSO
R. v. Desjarlais	2007 NWTSC 23	12 months	21 gr
R v Jaber	2007 ABCA 383	2 years less CSO	1 gram
R v Lee	2007 ABCA 288	2 years less CSO	4 grams
R. v. Glasgow	2007 NSSC 370
R. v. Lennartsson	2006 ABCA 189			cocaine sold to undercover officer
R. v. Young	2006 ABPC 94	2.5 years	28 gr
R. v. Lever	2006 BCSC 979	6 months	3.5 gr
R. v. Johnson	2006 CanLII 18353 (ON C.A.)			possession for purpose of trafficking
R. v. Dodd	2006 CanLII 1911 (ON C.A.)	2.5 years after 9 months remand
R. v. Lively	2006 NSSC 274	25 months	15 gr
R. v. Turner	2006 NWTSC 6	11 mo	1 gr crack	22 year old; no criminal record
R. v. Gibbon	2006 BCCA 219	4 years
R. v. Saari	2006 BCCA 288		crack cocaine	low-level dial a dope
R. v. Do	2006 BCCA 492	8 months
R. v. Kerr	2006 BCPC 144	15 months		dial-a-dope cocaine
R. v. Sparks	2005 NSSC 175
R. v. Coombs	2005 NSSC 90	12 months CSO	50 g crack
R v Bui	[2004] O.J. No. 3452 (C.A.)	18 months	7 grams
R v Panousis	2004 ABCA 211	2 years less CSO	6 grams
R. v. Shaw	2004 ABPC 217	2 years less CSO	.55 grams
R. v. McCrae	2003 ABPC 93	15 months	90 grams	18 year old with no record
R. v. Klyne	2003 SKPC 95 (CanLII)	2 years less a day CSO	5 oz	trafficked to undercover officer 8 times. Also trafficking in 20gr of marijuana
R. v. Keizer	2003 NSSC 128
R. v. Tokic	2002 NSSC 54
R. v. Dawe	2002 NSCA 147	15 months	4 grams cocaine and 200g hashish
R v Salih	2002 ABPC 106	2 years less CSO	4.5g	not addict; knife present
R v Sudsbury	[2002] N.S.J. No. 137	2 years less CSO		chronic depression; positive PSR
R v Fung	[2002] M.J. No. 322	2 years less CSO	226 g of crack	courier; gambling debt; no record; family
R v Gronau	[2002] A.J. No. 928	2 years less CSO	60 g	no record, working, good PSR
R v Petrovich	[2002] A.J. No. 728 (PC) 2002 ABPC 92	2 years less CSO	4.5 gr	4 incidents no addiction; youthful; family support; good PSR
R v Evans	2002 ABPC 74	2 years less CSO	1.5 g	family support, no record, youthful, stopped selling before arrested
R v Taleb	2002 ABPC 130	2 years less CSO	3 g crack	5 transactions, commercial dealing; unrelated record; good PSR
R. v. Gray	2001 NSSC 195
R. v. Nguyen	2001 BCCA 624	5 months	3.5 grams of cocaine
R v Rahime	2001 ABCA 203	18 months CSO	3g cocaine	multiple transactions; no record; addiction history; 10 g in simple possession
R. v. Provo	2001 NSSC 189	2 years less a day CSO	crack
R v Malcolm	[2000] OJ No 4309 (ONCA)	6 months	0.9 grams
R. v. Kozma	2000 BCCA 440	two years less a day CSO
R. v. Downey	[2000] N.S.J. No. 311 (NSCA)	3 years
R. v. Talbot	[1999] N.S.J. No. 18; (1999) 176 N.S.R. (2d) 316 (S.C.)
R v Meggo	1998 CanLII 3772 (ON CA), [1998] OJ No 3452 (ONCA)	18 months	7 grams
R v Charlie	1998 BC	3 months	crack cocaine $70 worth
R. v. Sparks	1993 CanLII 3122, [1993] N.S.J. No. 448	32 months		four incidents of trafficking, "extreme" record, age 23
R. v. Robins	1993 CanLII 3205 (NS CA), (1993), 121 N.S.R. (2d) 254	18 months	23.57 g
R. v. Huskins	1990 CanLII 2399, [1990] N.S.J. No. 46 (NSCA)	3 years	4 grams	age 42, 29 prior convictions
R. v. Smith	[1990] N.S.J. No. 30 (NSCA)	4 years	2 oz	sold to undercover twice, 2 years for each incident, age 35
R. v. Lessard	[1990] 59 C.C.C. (3d) 123 (QCCA)	2 years		age 24; no prior record
R. v. Byers	[1989] N.S.J. No. 168 (NSCA)	3 years	6 grams	sold twice to undercover officer
R. v. Downey	[1989] N.S.J. No. 368 (NSCA)	18 months	4.5 grams
R. v. Aikens	[1981] 33 N.B.R. (2d) 630 (NBCA)	6 months	15.3 gr
R v Maskell	29 AR 107	3 years?		see para 20

couriers and other parties

Case	Citation	Sentence	Amount	Summary
R. v. Jenkins	2008 BCPC 286	40 months	11 kg	acting as courier
R. v. Brown	2006 ABCA 339	5.5 years
R. v. Grossman	[1998] B.C.J. No. 63 (S.C.)

Conspiracy

Case	Citation	Sentence	Amount	Summary
R. v. Kane	2012 NLCA 53	2 years less a day
R. v. Wong	4.5 years			drugs and guns

Opiates (Morphine / Heroin)

Trafficking

Case	Citation	Sentence	Amount	Summary
R. v. Leung	2012 ABPC 158	3 years	600 x 80 milligram Oxycodone tablets	also sentenced on 7.1 g crack cocaine (1 year)
R. v. Lee	2012 BCPC 169	9 months	.44 g	also convicted of poss'n of <5g of cocaine -- part of dial a dope operation
R. v. Giammarco	2012 CanLII 11239 (ON SC)	5 to 6 years	3.5 kg	heroin trafficking
R. v. Hernandez	2012 BCSC 238	6 mo	4 g heroin
R. v. Roche	2011 CanLII 77682 (NL PC)	25 months	654 Oxycontin pills
R. v. Taromi	2010 ONCJ 304	2 years less a day CSO		two counts of trafficking heroin
R. v. Doiron	2007 NBQB 79	12 mo CSO	10.2g cocaine and 99 hydromorphone tablets	no record; guilty plea
R. v. Domke	2006 ABPC 252	5 years	large quantity of pills
R. v. Cormier	2006 NBQB 54	3 years	more than a "few pills"
R. v. Pechawis	2005 SKPC 25	18 month CSO
R. v. McIntyre	2004 NBPC 14	18 mo after 2 mo remand
R. v. Breau	2004 NBPC 22	10 mo	1 capsule of Oxycontin, 2 capsules of Hydromorphone and 8 capsules of Dilaudid
R. v. Whittaker	2001 ABQB 601	4 years		sold 50+ pills of hydromorphone in 4 transactions
R. v. Whittaker	2001 ABQB 873	12 mo	2 tablets of hydromorphone	remand credit given
R. v. Knoll	2001 ABQB 69	2 years less a day CSO	41 pills of hydromorphone
R. v. Laliberte (M.R.)	189 Sask.R. 190, 2000 SKCA 27	12 mo CSO	12 dilaudids	sold to undercover
R. v. Keepness	2000 SKCA 28	12 mo CSO	2 dilaudids
R. v. Kappeler (F.G.)	(1998), 232 A.R. 302 (CA)	40 months		sold two four milligram tablets of dilaudids to undercover officer

Methamphetamine

Trafficking

Case	Citation	Sentence	Amount	Summary
R. v. Bernard	2012 ONSC 4009	4 to 12 years	20kg+
R. v. Barnett	2011 BCPC 320	12 months	84.7g	meth-amphetamines; handgun found in house