By Jeff Buckstein ( March 21, 2025, 12:39 PM EDT) -- The Court of Appeal for British Columbia has overturned a lower court decision mitigating the prison sentence of a man found guilty of two counts of possession of a loaded shotgun, and one count of possession in contravention of a firearm’s prohibition. The unanimous decision, in R. v. Jaramillo, 2025 BCCA 77, announced March 12, found the trial judge erred in law and principle in applying s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and also incorrectly applied the law in imposing a conditional sentence order (CSO)....