Law360 Canada ( August 21, 2020, 6:12 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the Crown from a declaration the mandatory minimum penalty of four years’ imprisonment in s. 244.2(3)(b) of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional and the three-and-a-half-year sentence imposed on the respondent. After ingesting alcohol and prescription medication, the respondent swung a baseball bat and fired a shot with his rifle in the direction of a vehicle. He then smashed the window of a parked vehicle and shot into an occupied home three times. The respondent pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm, pointing a firearm at the occupant of a vehicle, possession of a firearm without a licence and mischief to property under $5,000. The respondent had no previous criminal record. He complied with bail conditions for five years and maintained steady employment. He was genuinely remorseful. The hypothetical case proposed at trial was a young adult who intentionally discharged an air-powered pistol at a residence....