The appellant, who was found not criminally responsible for multiple offences in 2007, appealed a disposition of the Ontario Review Board that continued his conditional discharge.
He argued that he no longer posed a significant threat to public safety and sought an absolute discharge.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the Board reasonably concluded the appellant remained a significant threat based on expert psychiatric evidence, his history of substance abuse, and recent episodes of decompensation, and that the Board had properly weighed the protective factors favouring his discharge.
