Court File and Parties
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
Laskin, Feldman and Armstrong JJ.A.
BETWEEN
Her Majesty the Queen
Respondent
and
Ryan Gerald Blais
Appellant
Counsel: Crystal Tomusiak, for the appellant Holly Loubert, for the respondent
Heard: February 15, 2011
On appeal from the sentence imposed on October 1, 2009 by Justice Gisele M. Miller of the Superior Court of Justice, sitting without a jury.
APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT
1The appellant has served the custodial portion of his sentence. Thus, the only issue on the appeal is whether a three-year term of probation is excessive. In our view, it is not.
2In the light of the appellant’s extensive record, and the rehabilitative objective of a probation order, a three-year term is appropriate. At the sentencing hearing, the appellant expressed his intent to turn his life around. We view the probation order as promoting his ability to do so.
3Leave to appeal sentence is granted, but the appeal is dismissed.