Judge’s orders on weapons charges, drug trafficking ‘demonstrably unfit,’ court rules

By Amanda Jerome ( October 6, 2022, 12:34 PM EDT) -- The Court of Appeal of Alberta ruled a sentencing judge’s orders on weapons offences and drug trafficking were “demonstrably unfit,” allowing the Crown’s appeal. The sentencing judge, Associate Chief Justice John Rooke, “departed from a joint submission of two years incarceration,” which the Crown requested be imposed on appeal....