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37523

Jason Norman Yeo v. Her Majesty the Queen

(Prince Edward Island) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2017-07-19 Close file on Leave
2017-07-07 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2017-07-07 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2017-07-06 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal,
The motion for an extension of time to serve and file the application for leave to appeal is granted. The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, Number S1-CA-1299, 2016 PECA 5, dated March 18, 2016, is dismissed.
Dismissed
2017-07-06 Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, see judgment on application.
Granted
2017-06-05 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2017-06-05 Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, for consideration by the Court
2017-05-12 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form) Her Majesty the Queen
2017-05-12 Response to the motion to extend the time to file and / or serve the leave application, (Included in the respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal), Completed on: 2017-05-12 Her Majesty the Queen
2017-05-12 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-05-12 Her Majesty the Queen
2017-04-13 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2017/04/13
2017-04-11 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), fee waiver requested-granted 2017/04/13 Jason Norman Yeo
2017-04-11 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Included in the application for leave to appeal), Amended certificate required-rec'd separately 2017/04/13 Jason Norman Yeo
2017-04-11 Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal, (Included in the application for leave to appeal), Completed on: 2017-04-11 Jason Norman Yeo
2017-04-11 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-04-11 Jason Norman Yeo

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Yeo, Jason Norman Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Her Majesty the Queen Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Yeo, Jason Norman

Counsel
Vincenzo Rondinelli
Lafontaine & Associates
400 University Avenue
Suite 2001
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1S5
Telephone: (416) 204-1835 Ext: 222
FAX: (416) 204-1849
Email: rondinelli@sympatico.ca

Party: Her Majesty the Queen

Counsel
David W. Schermbrucker
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Suite 1400, Duke Tower
5251 Duke Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 1P3
Telephone: (902) 426-2285
FAX: (902) 426-1351
Email: David.Schermbrucker@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca
Agent
François Lacasse
Director of Public Prosecutions of Canada
160 Elgin Street
12th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (613) 957-4770
FAX: (613) 941-7865
Email: francois.lacasse@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca

Summary

Keywords

Criminal law – Sentencing – Whether a sentencing judge may impose a sentence concurrent to another sentence invoked by another judge in a previous, unrelated proceeding?

Summary

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The applicant was convicted of trafficking cocaine and he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purposes of trafficking, a weapons offence and breaches of recognizances and undertakings. When sentenced, he was serving a nine-year sentence that had been recently imposed for an armed robbery.

Lower court rulings

February 10, 2014
Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, Trial Division

S1-GC-957, 2014 PESC 4

Conviction for trafficking cocaine

March 12, 2014
Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, Trial Division


Guilty pleas to possession of cocaine for purpose of trafficking, possession of prohibited weapon, breaches of recognizance and undertakings, and other offences

June 19, 2014
Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, Trial Division

2014 PESC 16, S1-GC-957; S1-GC-958; S1-GC-96

Sentence to seven years imprisonment, less credit for pre-sentence custody, to be served consecutively to prior sentence for armed robbery

March 18, 2016
Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal

S1-CA-1299, 2016 PECA 5

Appeal from sentences and from conviction for trafficking dismissed

Memorandums of argument on application for leave to appeal

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Factums on appeal

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Date modified: 2025-02-27