A fine of $300 was held to be the appropriate penalty for simple possession of approximately 130 grams of cannabis for personal use by a first offender of good character who had waited three years for trial, where the statutory maximum fine was $2,000. A spent conviction order was refused where the quantity of cannabis meant the offence was not trivial of its kind.
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