Longer jail sentence thrown out after court rules convicted man wasn't told about appeal
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 5:00 PM AT | Last Updated: January 18 Justice John Mitchell said the lack of notice to Sark was a miscarriage of justice.(Steve Bruce/CBC) P.E.I.s Court of Appeal has overturned a sentence handed to a man after a robbery conviction because the man wasnt notified about the appeal of his original sentence. Jason Aaron Sark was sentenced in January 2020 to nine months in jail and 18 months probation for robbery. The Crown appealed, serving notice to the lawyer who had represe...
Source: cbc.ca