What are the consequences of an 18-month jail sentence for assault with a weapon, being a motor vehicle, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and failure to stop at the scene of the accident?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Morady, 2014 BCPC 282 (CanLII):

Regina v. Dawydiuk, 2010 BCCA 411, is a decision upholding the imposition of an 18-month jail sentence for assault with a weapon, being a motor vehicle; criminal negligence causing bodily harm; and failure to stop at the scene of an accident. The accused had become involved in an altercation outside a bar as a result of his earlier behaviour toward some females inside the bar. There were a number of people on the sidewalk who had been involved in the altercation or who had watched it.

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