Sentencing in complicity cases — Part 1: Joint criminal enterprise
This is the first of two Sentencing Trends and Issues papers which discuss sentencing in complicity cases. Part 1 will discuss the sentencing principles that are applicable when an offender has been found to be criminally liable either on the basis of his or her participation in a joint criminal enterprise or by the application of the doctrine of extended common purpose. Part 2 will discuss the sentencing of aiders, abettors, and accessories before and after the fact.
This paper focuses on the leading sentencing authorities in five offence categories:
- homicide
- assault and wounding
- robbery
- kidnapping, and
- break and enter.