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Pre-Sentence Custody: ONCA Wades in the Murky Waters of Enhanced Credit

In R v Summers, 2013 ONCA 147 and subsequently R v Curry, 2013 ONCA 420, the Ontario Court of Appeal tackled the issue of exactly what circumstances allow for enhanced credit to be given for pre-sentence custody upon a finding of guilt. Following legislative changes in early 2010, the standard of giving 2:1 credit evaporated […]