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The Crown says a 16-year-old Cape Breton boy should serve time in a youth detention centre after a fellow student died when he was pushed down a snowbank and under the wheels of a moving bus.
The boy, who can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was found guilty in October of criminal negligence causing death.
The Crown has asked for 12 months in custody, divided between a youth detention facility and community supervision, followed by 12 months' probation.
The defence is seeking two years' probation.
The 18-year-old victim, Christopher Chafe, was killed instantly last February when the rear wheels of the bus ran over his head as horrified classmates at Sydney Academy looked on.
The defence argued the accused was engaged in ordinary horseplay, but provincial court Judge Peter Ross said the boy should have known his actions could have deadly consequences.