Does section 7 of the Charter entitle an accused in a sentencing proceeding to a fair hearing?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Campbell, 2003 CanLII 49352 (ON SC):

In recognizing that section 7 of the Charter entitles an accused in a sentencing proceeding to “a fair hearing”, “it does not entitle him to the most favourable procedures” imaginable: Regina v. Lyons, supra at 46.

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