{
  "case": "R. v. Laroche",
  "citation": "2020 BCSC 1930",
  "docket": "31109‑2",
  "registry": "Vancouver",
  "decision_date": "2020-11-17",
  "accused_name_in_reasons": "Steven Frank Laroche",
  "judge_as_named_in_reasons": "The Honourable Associate Chief Justice H. Holmes",
  "judge_full_name_verified": "Heather J. Holmes",
  "judge_identity_source": "https://www.bccourts.ca/supreme_court/archived_announcements/2018/Apr_Jun_18.aspx",
  "offence_of_conviction": "manslaughter",
  "victim": "Vicki Black",
  "offence_date": "1993-03-04",
  "sentence": {
    "nominal_years": 10,
    "pre_sentence_credit_days": 425,
    "credit_description_in_reasons": "14 months",
    "remaining_term_as_stated": "eight years and 10 months",
    "paragraphs": [
      31,
      32
    ],
    "caution": "Distinct from earlier Manitoba life sentence; no projected release date inferred."
  },
  "joint_submission_paragraphs": [
    1,
    27,
    28,
    29
  ],
  "earlier_conviction_and_parole_paragraphs": [
    19,
    20,
    21
  ],
  "death_notice": {
    "agency": "Correctional Service Canada",
    "notice_date": "2026-09-16",
    "death_date": "2026-09-11",
    "institution": "Mission Institution",
    "age": 58,
    "life_sentence_commencement": "1997-12-19",
    "visible_body_cause": "Not specified",
    "metadata_and_hidden_teaser": "apparent natural causes",
    "coroner_finding": "Not independently retrieved"
  },
  "primary_urls": [
    "https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/19/2020BCSC1930.htm",
    "https://www.canada.ca/en/correctional-service/news/2026/09/death-of-an-inmate-from-mission-institution.html"
  ],
  "identity_bridge": "CTV reports CSC email confirmation tying deceased inmate to November 17,2020 manslaughter sentence.",
  "review_date": "2026-09-20"
}