What is the potential sentence for a home invasion?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. General, 2007 ONCJ 693 (CanLII):
If convicted of this offence, even discounting the long criminal record of the defendant, there is the potential for a lengthy term of imprisonment. In The Queen v. Wright, the court affirmed an eight year sentence for a home invasion in circumstances similar to this case.
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