COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
RE:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Respondent) v. PHILLIP WEDDEL (Applicant)
BEFORE:
LABROSSE, DOHERTY and BLAIR JJ.A.
COUNSEL:
Leo Adler
for the appellant
James V. Palangio
for the respondent
HEARD & ENDORSED:
November 24, 2006
On appeal from the committal for trial ordered by Justice L. Chester of the Ontario Court of Justice dated February 11, 2005 and the dismissal of the certiorari application to quash the committal made by Justice B.A. Glass of the Superior Court of Justice dated November 21, 2005.
A P P E A L B O O K E N D O R S E M E N T
1There was ample evidence that the appellant and his co-accused were engaged in a joint venture to cultivate and traffic in marijuana and to possess and use the firearms in issue in furtherance of that joint enterprise. There was a evidentiary basis upon which the reviewing justice could conclude that the committing justice properly held that there was sufficient evidence to commit the appellant for trial on the counts in issue.
2The appeal is dismissed.