); Re Mitchell and The Queen, supra; Re Moore and The Queen, supra; Re Konechny (1983), 1983 CanLII 282 (BC CA), 10 C.C.C. The judges were also concerned with the fact that the law often leaves in the U.S. "to the uncontrolled discretion of judges or juries the determination whether defendants committing these crimes should die or be imprisoned", and that one cannot read the history of the Eighth Amendment "without realizing that the desire for equality was re flected in the ban against `cruel and unusual punishments' contained in the Eighth Amendment" (, At issue in this appeal is the minimum term of imprisonment provided for by s. 5(2) of the, As indicated above, the offence of importing enacted by s. 5(1) of the, This is what offends s. 12, the certainty, not just the potential. At the conclusion of the trial the Deputy Circuit Judge purported to grant a certificate under, section 1(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, The certificate reads: "I certify "that the case is a fit case for appeal on the ground that:-I directed the Jury that honest belief by the Defendant that the property damaged was his own and that he was therefore entitled to do the damage he did could not, as a matter of law be 'lawful excuse' notwithstanding the provisions of, Section 5 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971, It seems to me that the law is not clear.". The only decision finding a treatment or punishment to be cruel and unusual under the Canadian Bill of Rights was McCann v. The Queen, 1975 CanLII 2267 (FC), [1976] 1 F.C. A bill was introduced in 1957, but "died on the Order Paper" when a federal election was called. Regardless of whether one feels that a father should or should not have any rights in determining whether a termination is carried out it seems unfair that in the event of fraud a father has no rights in determining whether he is to become a father or not, and more than that, the father has all the financial responsibilities commensurate with fatherhood without any of the choice. This eBook is constructed by lawyers and recruiters from the world's leading law firms and barristers' chambers. (3d) 336 (Ont. Gender-based violence in general. 26]. The certainty that all those who contravene the prohibition against importing will be sentenced to at least seven years in prison will surely deter people from importing narcotics. (2d) 316 (Ont. *You can also browse our support articles here >. It was therefore open to our courts to interpret the laws of Canada and to choose between various meanings so as to avoid the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment. Clearly there is no need to be indiscriminate. It is this certainty, and not just the potential, which causes s. 5(2) to violate prima facie s. 12. 7, 9 and 12. It recommended substantially more severe penalties for trafficking, with a "compulsory lengthy minimum sentence, increasing for second or subsequent offences". While the final judgment as to whether a punishment exceeds constitutional limits set by the, I do not see any reason to depart from the tradition of deference to Parliament that has always been demonstrated by the Canadian courts. It becomes clear, then, that while the barbarous punishments of the past which called into being the prohibition of some three centuries ago are mercifully unlikely to recur, the prohibition is saved from any suggestion of obsolescence by the addition of the word "treatment". These comments clearly demonstrate that Laskin C.J. Plummer put a knife to his throat and Haines punched him to the ground. This is what offends s. 12, the certainty, not just the potential. Advanced A.I. 1970, App. Report of the Canadian Sentencing Commission. The extent of the damage was 130. On 28th June this year at Woodford Crown Court, David Raymond Smith was convicted of an offence of causing criminal damage contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Damage Act. and concluded that the section did not impose cruel and unusual punishment. Relying on the guidelines enunciated under the Canadian Bill of Rights, judges deciding cases under s. 12 of the Charter have been somewhat more willing, and understandably so, to put legislation to the test. It was "unusual" because of its extreme nature. The effect of the minimum is to insert the certainty that, in some cases, a violation will occur on conviction. , (Eng. Of course, the means chosen do "achieve the objective in question". Only full case reports are accepted in court. John C. Pearson, for the intervener the Attorney General for Ontario. 5. Added to that potential is the certainty that upon conviction a minimum of seven years' imprisonment will have to be imposed. There is no problem of definition nor of recognition of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment at the extreme limit of the application, but of course the day has passed when the barbarous punishments of earlier days were a threat to those convicted of crime. The "street value" of the narcotic, after dilution, was estimated to be between $126,000 and $168,000. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. These examples demonstrate that the courts have been reluctant to recognise any paternal right to be involved in the pregnancy termination decision making process. If the impugned law or practice does not prohibit any individual from engaging in a constitutionally protected activity, there is no basis for allowing parties before the court to invoke the rights of hypothetical third parties in support of their challenge. -they believed they had consent from the owner of the property. As stated by the majority of this Court in Re B.C. (2d) 343; R. v. Natrall (1972), 1972 CanLII 1017 (BC CA), 32 D.L.R. Although no explicit sexual act was depicted in the audiovisual material, the images included depictions of nude women with their genitalia exposed and with weapons protruding from their bodies. Suffering behind female sex workers: Why we should oppose legalisation of prostitution. This might not be so if the legislatively prescribed minimum was, for example, six months or a year because, although this might be arbitrary, it arguably would not be "so excessive as to outrage standards of decency". In Oakes, this Court set out the criteria which must be met in order to discharge this burden. Criminal Law. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. Stone v Ford (1992) 65 A Crim R 459. La Forest J.I am substantially in agreement with my colleague, Lamer J. It is not necessary, for reasons discussed above, to answer the question as regards ss. [1974] 1 All ER 376if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,100],'swarb_co_uk-medrectangle-3','ezslot_5',114,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-swarb_co_uk-medrectangle-3-0'); Abortion Act 1968if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'swarb_co_uk-medrectangle-4','ezslot_4',113,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-swarb_co_uk-medrectangle-4-0'); IMPORTANT:This site reports and summarizes cases. Dubai: From a small village of pearls to a thriving concrete metropolitan: unprecedented growth, but at what cost to human life? In the conservatory the Appellant and his brother, who lived with him, installed some electric wiring for use with stereo equipment. Also, with the landlord's permission, they put up roofing material and asbestos wall panels and laid floor boards. The rack and the thumbscrew, the stocks, torture of any kind, unsanitary prison conditions, prolonged periods of solitary confinement were progressively recognized as inhuman and degrading and completely inimical to the rehabilitation of the prisoner who sooner or later was going to have to be released back into the community. The maximum penalty was increased to 14 years, plus whipping at the discretion of the Judge. The Charter limits this power: s. 7 provides that everyone has the right not to be deprived of life, liberty and security of the person except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice, s. 9 provides that everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned, and s. 12 guarantees the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. ), On 28th June this year at Woodford Crown Court, David Raymond Smith was convicted of an offence of causing criminal damage contrary to. In my view, this is not a sound approach to the application of s. 12. He was convicted of importing drugs under the Narcotics Control Act and sentenced to eight years. 1 and 24 of the Charter in the American Constitution, the dynamics of challenges to the validity of American laws are different. Maximum penalties for trafficking, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and importation were all increased to life imprisonment. Entry into that gray area will not alone justify the application of the absolute constitutional prohibition voiced in s. 12 of the Charter. 164 (C.A. 16970; In re Gittens, 1982 CanLII 5224 (FC), [1983] 1 F.C. It is because of that certainty that I find that the minimum mandatory imprisonment found in s. 5(2) is in violation of s. 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees to each and every one of us that we shall not be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. We wish to draw attention, as we did in the immediately preceding case of R. v. Auker-Howlett, to the need to ensure, when considering the grant of a certificate under section 1(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, that the ground upon which the certificate is sought is a question of fact or a question of mixed law and fact. The issue, as I perceive it, and which I confess has given me considerable difficulty, is whether the mandatory minimum sentence of seven years' imprisonment in s. 5(2) of the Narcotic Control Act is to be tested, in the light of s. 12 of the Charter, against the general seriousness of the offence created by s. 5(1) or against the relative seriousness of the whole range of the conduct to which the offence could conceivably apply. R v Smith [1959] 2 QB 35 The defendant, a soldier, got in a fight at an army barracks and stabbed another soldier. The correct approach is, in my view, indicated in the passage which I have quoted from Mr. Justice Macfarlane's judgment. Parole Regulations, SOR/78428, ss. Subscribers are able to see the list of results connected to your document through the topics and citations Vincent found. In the course of his summing-up the Deputy Judge directed the jury in these terms: "Now, in order to make the offence complete, the person who is charged with it must destroy or damage that property belonging to another, 'without lawful excuse', and that is something that one has got to look at a little more, Members of the Jury, because you have heard here that, so far as each Defendant was concerned, it never occurred to them, and, you may think, quite naturally never occurred to either of them, that "these various additions to the house were anything but their own property But Members of the Jury, the Act is quite specific, and so far as the Defendant David Smith is concerned lawful excuse is the only defence which has been raised. I would, accordingly, dismiss the appeal and answer the constitutional question in the negative. However, a judge who would sentence to seven years in a penitentiary a young person who, while driving back into Canada from a winter break in the U.S.A., is caught with only one, indeed, let's postulate, his or her first "joint of grass", would certainly be considered by most Canadians to be a cruel and, all would hope, a very unusual judge. 47]. Motor Vehicle Act, supra; and R. v. Oakes, supra, this Court indicated that once there has been a prima facie violation of the Charter the burden rests upon the authorities to salvage the legislative provision in question. 1927, c. 144, s. 4, and R.S.C. In any event, Lambert J.A. (3d) 233, also a decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal. However, the pursuit of a constitutionally valid purpose is not, in and of itself, a guarantee of constitutional validity. This involves "a form of proportionality test": This then brings us to the next phase of the test, the proportionality of the means chosen to reach that "important" result. Cruel and unusual treatment or punishment is treated as a special concept in the Charter. Constitutional law Charter of Rights Cruel and unusual punishment Minimum sentence for importing narcotics notwithstanding degrees of seriousness of the offence Whether or not minimum sentence cruel and unusual punishment contrary to s. 12 of Charter If so, whether or not justifiable under s. 1 of the Charter Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. With respect to the first, I agree with Lambert J. in the Court of Appeal that this is not a matter which can properly be considered by the courts. Simple and digestible information on studying law effectively. Such an approach must be rejected because of the uncertainty it would create and the prejudicial effects which the assumed validity or application of the mandatory minimum sentence provision might have in particular cases. An overview of the cases since decided under, and have treated the phrase "cruel and unusual" as a "compendious expression of a norm" (, Relying on the guidelines enunciated under the, This deference to Parliament has been repeated in many, It is not for the court to pass on the wisdom of Parliament with respect to the gravity of various offences and the range of penalties which may be imposed upon those found guilty of committing the offences. ); Ex parte Kleinys, 1965 CanLII 652 (BC SC), [1965] 3 C.C.C. Ct., Borins Dist. When interviewed by the police, the Appellant said. Before making any decision, you must read the full case report and take professional advice as appropriate. The Appellant's defence was that he honestly believed that the damage he did was to his own property, that he believed that he was entitled to damage his own property and therefore he had a lawful excuse for his actions causing the damage. In particular, it inserts into the system a reluctance to convict and thus results in acquittals for picayune reasons of accused who do not deserve a sevenyear sentence, and it gives the Crown an unfair advantage in plea bargaining as an accused will be more likely to plead guilty to a lesser or included offence. Ct., Sept. 23, 1985, unreported, provide a good example, at p. 15: It is not for the court to pass on the wisdom of Parliament with respect to the gravity of various offences and the range of penalties which may be imposed upon those found guilty of committing the offences. However, I prefer not to say anything about the role of arbitrariness in determining whether there has been cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. The question of law in this appeal arises in this way. While no such case has actually occurred to my knowledge, that is merely because the Crown has chosen to exercise favourably its prosecutorial discretion to charge such a person not with the offence that that person has really committed, but rather with a lesser offence. The Legislature may provide for a compulsory term of imprisonment upon conviction for certain offences without infringing the rights protected by s. 12 of the Charter. 222 (1950), art. Finally, as far as arbitrariness may arise in the actual sentencing process, judicial error will not affect constitutionality and would, ordinarily, be correctable on appeal. Date added: 5/09/2020. 1, 2(a), 7, 9, 12. That certificate, on the face of it, sets out a question of law as the ground on which it is granted. The courts, the, In neither case, be it before or after the. In my opinion, however, this rationale should apply in general only to laws which could be saidto adopt a term known in American constitutional usageto have a "chilling effect" upon the exercise by others of their constitutional rights. But the wording of the section and the schedule is much broader. The Charter provision in s. 12 is the device by which the parliamentary discretion as to punishment was to be constitutionally limited. Motor Vehicle Act, 1985 CanLII 81 (SCC), [1985] 2 S.C.R. 101. I would answer the constitutional question and dispose of the appeal as proposed by him. (3d) 305, dismissing an appeal from sentence imposed by Wetmore Co. Ct. J. and overturning his ruling finding s. 5(2) of the Narcotic Control Act to be a contravention of s. 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and hence of no force or effect. (1)Except as authorized by this Act or the regulations, no person shall import into Canada or export from Canada any narcotic. 1970-1972, RM-0000, USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Service Years 1968 - 1974 1974 Horne, Alan, MM3 NEC MM-0000-Machinist's Mate Status USN Veteran Primary Unit 1971-1974, MM-0000, USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) Service Years 1970 - 1974 1974 Rivera Colon, Angel Rafael, AKAA NEC AK-0000-Aviation Storekeeper Status USN Veteran Primary Unit Ritchie J., with whom Martland, Judson, Pigeon and deGrandpr JJ. Therefore when a cruel and unusual punishment is inflicted it will often be the result of a disregard for those laws and guidelines and as such will be the result of arbitrariness in the choice of the punishment. In-house law team, Damage to property mistake Criminal Damage Act 1971. Furthermore, even assuming some deterrent value, I am of the opinion it would be cruel and unusual if it is not in accord with public standards of decency and propriety, if it is unnecessary because of the existence of adequate alternatives, if it cannot be applied upon a rational basis in accordance with ascertained or ascertainable standards, and if it is excessive and out of proportion to the crimes it seeks to restrain. Yet, as Lamer J. points out, s. 5(2) of the Narcotic Control Act precludes the imposition of a sentence less than seven years for the importation of even a minimal quantity of marihuana, a solitary cigarette. Dickson J., as he then was. Is it unusually severe and hence degrading to human dignity and worth? Every law of Canada shall, unless it is expressly declared by an Act of the Parliament of Canada that it shall operate notwithstanding the Canadian Bill of Rights, be so construed and applied as not to abrogate, abridge or infringe or to authorize the abrogation, abridgement or infringement of any of the rights or freedoms herein recognized and declared, and in particular, no law of Canada shall be construed or applied so as to. A good starting point in considering the American experience is, First, there are certain punishments that inherently involve so much physical pain and suffering that civilized people cannot tolerate them, The principles developed in the United States under the Eighth Amendment, while of course not binding on this Court, are helpful in understanding and applying the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment contained in, These same standards were expressly adopted by Heald J. in, Many of these standards were also either implicitly or explicitly adopted by Laskin C.J. (3d) 306; R. v. Tobac (1985), 1985 CanLII 180 (NWT CA), 20 C.C.C. R v G and R [2003] UKHL 50. As regards this factor, some comments should be made, because arbitrariness of detention and imprisonment is addressed by s. 9, and, to the extent that the arbitrariness, given the proper context, could be in breach of a principle of fundamental justice, it could trigger a prima facie violation under s. 7. How then is this compendious expression of a norm to be defined? C.A. The legislative approach is clear and direct. He was uncertain as regards the proper approach to be taken when assessing whether legislation, which prima facie violates a section, can be salvaged under s. 1 of the Charter. The question is not whether the sentence is too severe, having regard to the particular circumstances of offender "A", but whether it is cruel and unusual, an outrage to standards of decency, having regard to the nature and quality of the offence committed, and therefore too severe for any person committing the same offence. He then dishonestly dissipated the credit in his account. It was unexpected and unanticipated in its severity either by him or by them. In my opinion, however, this rationale should apply in general only to laws which could be saidto adopt a term known in American constitutional usageto have a "chilling effect" upon the exercise by others of their constitutional rights. Finally, this punishment was imposed in accordance with standards or principles rationally connected to the purposes of the legislation. ); Pearson v. Lecorre, S.C.C., Oct. 3, 1973, unreported; R. v. Hatchwell (1973), 1973 CanLII 1447 (BC CA), 14 C.C.C. In such a case it would then be incumbent upon the authorities to demonstrate under s. 1 that the importance of that valid purpose is such that, irrespective of the effect of the legislation, it is a reasonable limit in a free and democratic society. In this, he found support from Douglas J. and Stewart J. One new video every week (I accept requests and reply to everything!). Bill of Rights, (Eng. Facts: Hinks, a young mother, befriended a 53 year old man called John Dolphin. 48889: In my view, since the Narcotic Control Act does not give a special definition of the word, its ordinary meaning should apply and that ordinary meaning is simply to bring into the country or to cause to be brought into the country. 81 (GD), (1979), 1 Sask.R. Section 12, in its terms and in its intended application, is absolute and without qualification. 7 and 9. A convicted person has a right of appeal upon questions of law alone. Constitution of the United States of America. No discretion to any sentencing authority is permitted, no exception to its application is provided. As regards this factor, some comments should be made, because arbitrariness of detention and imprisonment is addressed by s. 9, and, to the extent that the arbitrariness, given the proper context, could be in breach of a principle of fundamental justice, it could trigger a, This reference to the arbitrary nature of the punishment as a factor is a direct import into Canada of one of the tests elaborated upon by the American judiciary in dealing with the Eighth Amendment of their Constitution. A punishment may be proportionate to the offence, in the sense that it does not outrage the public conscience or go beyond what is necessary for the achievement of a valid social aim, and yet still be cruel and unusual because it is imposed arbitrarily. Theme by SiteOrigin. For four months the post was not filled. Ball v McIntyre (1966) 9 FLR 237, 245. In this, s. 12 differs from many other sections conferring rights and benefits which speak of reasonable time, or without unreasonable delay or reasonable bail, or without just cause. In addition to the protection afforded by s. 12, our Charter provides express protection against arbitrary imprisonment (s. 9) and against deprivations of the right to life, liberty and security of the person in breach of the principles of fundamental justice (s. 7). Request a trial to view additional results, R. v. Turningrobe (R.A.), (2007) 409 A.R. -they believed they had consent from a person they wrongly . Motor Vehicle Act, supra). However, the sevenyear minimum prison term of s. 5(2) is grossly disproportionate when examined in light of the wide net cast by s. 5(1). 's concept of "interacting expressions colouring each other" (see Miller and Cockriell v. The Queen, 1976 CanLII 12 (SCC), [1977] 2 S.C.R. (2d) 337; Re Mitchell and The Queen (1983), 1983 CanLII 1856 (ON SC), 6 C.C.C. Adopting Laskin C.J. As indicated above, the offence of importing enacted by s. 5(1) of the Narcotic Control Act covers numerous substances of varying degrees of dangerousness and totally disregards the quantity of the drug imported. This is understandable, as the decision of the Court of Appeal in this case was delivered long before this Court's decision in R. v. Oakes, 1986 CanLII 46 (SCC), [1986] 1 S.C.R. I am, with all respect for the views of my colleagues, unable to reach their conclusion for reasons which I will endeavour to set out. The purpose of the importing, namely whether it is for trafficking or for personal consumption, and the quantity imported are irrelevant to guilt under s. 5. 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (G.A. Adopting Laskin C.J. Arnup J.A., speaking for Brooke, Dubin, Martin and Blair JJ.A., took the position that it was preferable not to interfere with Parliament's expressed intention to deter the serious crime of importing drugs, at pp. In my view, the protection afforded by s. 12 governs the quality of the punishment and is concerned with the effect that the punishment may have on the person on whom it is imposed. Without addressing the question whether the, Laskin C.J., supported by Spence and Dickson JJ., delineated more thoroughly the protection afforded by s. 2(, The various judgments in the Supreme Court of the United States, which I would not discount as being irrelevant here, do lend support to the view that "cruel and unusual" are not treated there as conjunctive in the sense of requiring a rigidly separate assessment of each word, each of whose meanings must be met before they become effective against challenged legislation, but rather as interacting expressions colouring each other, so to speak, and hence to be considered together as a compendious expression of a norm. These same standards were expressly adopted by Heald J. in McCann v. The Queen, supra, at p. 601; by Borins J. in R. v. Shand (1976), 1976 CanLII 716 (ON SC), 29 C.C.C. Not, in my view, this punishment was to be constitutionally limited facts: Hinks, a of... 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