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A man sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison for fatally stabbing a peacemaker in a downtown Calgary nightclub is appealing both his conviction and sentence.
In his notice of appeal filed on Jan. 12, Cordelius Harrison alleged the Calgary judge ruling on the trial erred in his assessment of circumstantial evidence, as well as in his finding that evidence supported his conviction.
Harrison, 31, also alleged the sentence handed down was unfit and disproportionate.
He was handed a 9 1/2-year sentence in a federal penitentiary by Justice Earl Wilson on Dec. 14, 2020, with more than six years in prison remaining after discounting time served on remand. In his sentencing, Wilson called Harrison a “coward” for the fatal stabbing at the now-defunct Paranoid nightclub.
Harrison was originally accused of second-degree murder for the Nov. 25, 2018 attack on Rofas Sheikheldin. Wilson said the crown prosecutor failed to establish intent for murder in connection with the stabbing, but said Harrison’s conduct landed at the highest end of the manslaughter scale.
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