MONTREAL - Sentencing arguments began for Guy Lafleur on Friday just minutes after a judge convicted the Montreal Canadiens legend on a charge of giving contradictory evidence at his son's bail hearing.
Lafleur faces a maximum of 14 years in prison.
It was not immediately known whether defence lawyers would appeal the verdict.
Lafleur agreed in September 2007 to ensure his son Mark abided by a court-ordered curfew if he were granted bail pending trial.
But at a hearing the following month, it was revealed the elder Lafleur had driven his son to a hotel so he could spend time with a girlfriend on two occasions.
He testified last month the hotel visits had slipped his mind in the September court proceedings.
Lafleur said he didn't think the unsupervised hotel tryst was important and that it didn't occur to him to mention it. He maintained that even while at the hotel, his son abided by the curfew and other rules.
Once he was found out in October, Lafleur said he didn't have anything to hide.
Lafleur previously testified his son Mark told him his curfew did not extend to any particular location.
And that was what Lafleur said he based his decision on when he allowed Mark to stay at a hotel on two occasions with a 16-year-old girlfriend.
The Crown questioned how Lafleur could have known his son was abiding by his conditions if the latter was not always at home.
In February, Mark Lafleur was handed a 15-month conditional sentence on an array of charges including uttering death threats, forcible confinement and assault.
A warrant for Guy Lafleur's arrest was issued in early 2008, which he said caused him great humiliation.
Judge Claude Parent agreed with Lafleur's lawyer that authorities violated his rights when they issued the warrant, but the judge said it wasn't enough to merit throwing out the charge.
Lafleur has launched a $3.5-million civil suit against Montreal police and the Crown over the warrant.
