Law360 Canada ( April 8, 2026, 9:45 AM EDT) -- Appeal by appellant from his conviction for possession of a loaded prohibited firearm and from the 20‑month custodial sentence imposed. Police executing a search warrant found the appellant alone in his small one‑bedroom condominium, roused from bed. A loaded, chambered Beretta handgun wrapped in clothing was located in an open shelving unit near the entrance. The case centered on circumstantial evidence establishing that the appellant resided in and controlled the unit, including his presence alone at 5 a.m., a key chain labelled “Alex” bearing the unit key, a hydro invoice and driver’s licence history listing the address since 2016, and the lived‑in condition of the space. On appeal, the appellant argued that the trial judge misapprehended the evidence by rejecting a reasonable alternative inference that his brother, or some unidentified third party, had access to the condominium and may have placed the firearm there without his knowledge. He submitted that early‑morning phone calls from his brother, the brother’s attendance at the building, bottles of alcohol in the unit, and alleged investigative deficiencies rendered third‑party access a plausible inference. He also argued that the trial judge erred by inferring the firearm was valuable without evidence of its monetary worth. On sentence, he submitted the judge erred by treating the firearm’s loaded and chambered state, and its presence in a condominium building, as aggravating, by failing to give weight to delay and family circumstances, and by declining to impose a conditional sentence....