What is the test for appealing a sentence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v Evanshen, 2020 BCSC 525 (CanLII):
With regard to sentence appeals, appellate courts generally defer to sentencing judges, but an appeal may be successful if the sentencing judge committed an error in principle, failed to consider a relevant factor, or erroneously considered an aggravating or mitigating factor and how it impacted the sentence, or if the sentence is demonstrably unfit. (R v. Agin, 2018 BCCA 133).
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