Court File and Parties
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
BEFORE: Goudge, Cronk and LaForme JJ.A.
BETWEEN:
Her Majesty the Queen Respondent
and
Henry Okkema Appellant
COUNSEL: Henry Okkema, acting in person Anita Szigeti Amicus Curiae G. Choi, for the Crown Diane Chick, for Regional Mental Health Care, St. Thomas
HEARD: March 27, 2009
On appeal from the Ontario Review Board dated September 30, 2008.
APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT
1In our view the Board was clearly aware of the appellant’s request for a conditional discharge, and having rejected the hospital’s more restrictive proposal necessarily rejected a conditional discharge.
2The Board determined that in the appellant’s present circumstances, despite the progress he had made, it was premature to reduce the restrictions on him except for a pass for an additional week. There was an ample evidentiary basis for the Board doing so. The Board’s decision was not unreasonable.
3The appeal must be dismissed.
“S. T. Goudge J.A.”