# 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 meth506 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 |