"The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who received a sentence to be served under house arrest for illegal handgun possession. Terrell Burke-Whittaker was at a Toronto restaurant in June 2020 when someone in a parked car began shooting into a lot behind the building. Burke-Whittaker pulled a gun from a satchel and fired a shot in the general direction of the vehicle before fleeing."
"Burke-Whittaker turned himself in following a police investigation and later pleaded guilty to a Criminal Code charge of illegal firearm possession. An Ontario judge cited Burke-Whittaker's remorse and efforts to turn his life around in handing him a conditional sentence of two years less a day, to be followed by three years' probation with strict conditions. A majority of the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the Crown's appeal, noting Burke-Whittaker had served a significant portion of his conditional sentence already"
Terrell Burke-Whittaker fired one shot toward a vehicle after someone in a parked car began shooting into a lot behind a Toronto restaurant in June 2020. He fled the scene but later turned himself in during a police investigation and pleaded guilty to illegal firearm possession under the Criminal Code. An Ontario judge imposed a conditional sentence of two years less a day, to be served under house arrest, followed by three years of probation with strict conditions, citing remorse and efforts to change his life. The Ontario Court of Appeal majority dismissed the Crown's appeal, noting substantial time already served and that imprisonment at that stage would undermine rehabilitation. The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review the case.
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