Does the Court of Appeal have the power to increase or decrease the sentence of an offender who appeals his sentence?
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The following excerpt is from R. v. Danielisz, 2009 BCCA 401 (CanLII):
It is clear that when an offender appeals his sentence an appellate court, in considering the fitness of the sentence, has the discretion to increase it or decrease it: Regina v. Hill, 1975 CanLII 38 (SCC), [1977] 1 S.C.R. 827, 25 C.C.C. (2d) 6.
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