Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of Code – use or possession of unauthorized aid – Student knowingly possessed cell phone during final exam – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Student co-operated with disciplinary process – Absence of joint submission on penalty not relevant in determining sanction – Student had no prior offences – need for general deterrence – no extenuating circumstances – final grade of zero in the Course; three-year suspension; four-year notation on Student’s academic record.
Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) of the Code – forgery – Student submitted a forged letter of enrollment in support of rental application – decision on sanction – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) – JSP was neither unconscionable nor unreasonable especially in view of extenuating circumstances – Student suspended from the University for approximately 11 months.