R. v. G.J. – September 2024

Our client was charged with Theft from an Employer in circumstances where she stole over $2,300 worth of merchandise from a large grocery chain during a one-week period while working on the job. Our client was on a study permit and a criminal conviction would end her immigration process in Canada. During sentencing, Crown Counsel was seeking a criminal record and our lawyers were able to convince the sentencing judge to not impose a criminal record, pointing to our client’s youth and immigration status, as well as her willingness to reimburse her employer for the thefts. The judge sentenced her to a conditional discharge, which is a probation order that does not result in a criminal record after the successful completion of the probation period.