COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
RE:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Applicant/Appellant) – and – LARRY ALFRED LONGBOAT JR. (Respondent) – and between – HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Applicant/Appellant) – and – ERIK DONALD VANEVERY (Respondent)
BEFORE:
CATZMAN, DOHERTY and ARMSTRONG JJ.A.
COUNSEL:
Jennifer Woollcombe
for the applicant/appellant
Irwin Koziebrocki
for the respondent Larry A. Longboat Jr.
Erik D. Vanevery
In person
HEARD AND ENDORSED:
March 11, 2004
On appeal from the sentence imposed by Justice Anne Bain of the Superior Court of Justice dated January 14, 2003.
A P P E A L B O O K E N D O R S E M E N T
1This was a difficult sentencing problem. The trial judge gave careful consideration to the competing interests. We are required to defer to that assessment, absent any error in principle. We see no such error.
2Leave to appeal sentence is granted but the appeals against sentence are dismissed.