Episode 6: R v Parranto
Cameron O’Lynn Parranto et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen, et al.
A police search of Mr. Parranto on arrest and searches of his residence found fentanyl, other drugs, cash, weapons and drug paraphernalia. Mr. Parranto pleaded guilty to 8 offences including two counts of wholesale trafficking in fentanyl. On the two counts of wholesale trafficking in fentanyl, he was sentenced to 4 years and 5 years consecutive.
In six transactions, Mr. Felix sold fentanyl and cocaine to an undercover police. Mr. Felix pleaded guilty to four offences including two counts of wholesale and commercial trafficking in fentanyl. On the counts of trafficking in fentanyl, Mr. Felix was sentenced to two 7-year terms concurrent.
On appeals from the sentences, the Court of Appeal of Alberta established a starting point of 9 years for sentences for wholesale trafficking in fentanyl. It sentenced Mr. Parranto to two 7-year terms consecutive for trafficking in fentanyl and Mr. Felix to two 10-year terms concurrent for trafficking in fentanyl.