Court File and Parties
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
ROSENBERG, SIMMONS JJ.A. and SPEYER J. (ad hoc)
BETWEEN:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Respondent
and
GRAYSON DELONG
Appellant
Counsel: Leslie Maunder for the appellant Joan Barrett for the respondent
Heard and endorsed: June 26, 2008
On appeal from conviction and sentence by Justice Bruce J. Young of the Ontario Court of Justice dated September 29, 2006
APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT
1The trial judge rejected the appellant’s version of events and in particular rejected the position of the defence that the appellant was merely defending himself from what he claimed was unnecessary force. The only question then was whether the appellant caused unnecessary suffering to the dog. In our view, there was an evidentiary basis for the trial judge’s finding in that the appellant choked the dog.
2Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.