Court of Appeal for Ontario
Before: Laskin, Sharpe and Epstein JJ.A.
Between:
Her Majesty the Queen Respondent
and
Claudia Strelocke Appellant
Counsel: Stephen F. Gehl, for the appellant Michelle Campbell, for the respondent
Heard: September 17, 2010
On appeal from the sentence imposed on April 17, 2009 by Justice R.M. Thompson of the Superior Court of Justice, sitting without a jury.
APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT
1The appellant asks to convert the custodial part of her sentence into a conditional sentence. We do not accept her submission. The trial judge’s acceptance of the Crown’s revised position of a blended sentence was reasonable. He balanced the appellant’s personal circumstances with the seriousness of the offences.
2The appellant committed two bank robberies. These robberies were accompanied by a measure of planning and threats of violence. In the light of these aggravating considerations the sentence imposed was fit.
3Accordingly, although leave to appeal sentence is granted, the sentence appeal is dismissed.
