Law360 Canada ( August 26, 2019, 9:47 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the Crown from the sentence imposed on the respondent following his guilty pleas to four offences related to an armed robbery and one breach of recognizance. The respondent robbed a pharmacy of narcotics while masked and armed with a pipe and knife. He threatened the pharmacist with the knife and struck him with the pipe. The respondent had 68 previous convictions over a 17-year period. The sentencing judge initially calculated the sentence to be four years for the four robbery offences, in addition to three months for the breach of recognizance charge. In adjusting for totality, the sentencing judge reduced the sentence to a total of 24 months, to be served concurrently with a sentence the respondent was already serving in connection with a previous armed robbery. She found the existence of the sentence for the previous robbery, as well as the delay in charging the respondent with the subject offences and his strong prospects for rehabilitation warranted a downward adjustment in sentence....