Trial, appellate courts getting law on concurrent, consecutive sentences wrong | Moiz Karimjee

By Moiz Karimjee (July 18, 2023, 11:44 AM EDT) -- The Supreme Court of Canada sounded an alarm about trial and appellate courts not properly understanding and applying the law on consecutive sentences (R. v. Friesen [2019] S.C.J. No. 100; R. v. Friesen [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424 at para. 156). The Supreme Court provided brief guidance but left the matter for another day when the law on concurrent versus consecutive sentences was fully argued before it (R. v. Friesen [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424 at para. 155)....