Sentences with phrase «warrant imprisonment»

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The warrant charges Brodie with nine counts of animal cruelty, with possible penalties of $ 9,000 and / or nine years imprisonment.

[W] e believe that the central premise of Argersinger — that actual imprisonment is a penalty different in kind from fines or the mere threat of imprisonment — is eminently sound, and warrants adoption of actual imprisonment as the line defining the constitutional right to appointment of counsel.

This is not a case where a short term of imprisonment is warranted,» added the ruling.

(1) Subject to subsection (1.1), if a person who has been arrested without warrant by a peace officer is taken into custody, or if a person who has been arrested without warrant and delivered to a peace officer under subsection 494 (3) or placed in the custody of a peace officer under subsection 163.5 (3) of the Customs Act is detained in custody under subsection 503 (1) for an offence described in paragraph 496 (a), (b) or (c), or any other offence that is punishable by imprisonment for five years or less, and has not been taken before a justice or released from custody under any other provision of this Part, the officer in charge or another peace officer shall, as soon as practicable,