COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
RE: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Respondent) – and – DOUGLAS SMITH (Applicant/Appellant)
BEFORE: DOHERTY, SHARPE and SIMMONS JJ.A.
COUNSEL: Maureen McGuire for the appellant Melissa Ragsdale for the respondent
HEARD: January 9, 2004
On appeal from the sentence of Justice Donald G. Fraser of the Ontario Court of Justice dated October 8, 2002.
E N D O R S E M E N T
1Counsel concedes there is no error in principle. The sentence is stern but we cannot argue that it is manifestly unreasonable. The fresh evidence indicates that the appellant’s rehabilitation is a work in progress and tends to show the wisdom of the trial judge’s sentence. Leave to appeal granted, appeal dismissed.