Court of Appeal for Ontario
Before: Feldman, Watt JJ.A. and Dambrot J. (ad hoc)
Between
Her Majesty The Queen
Respondent
and
Panayiotis Bariamis
Appellant
Counsel:
John Weisdorf, Q.C., for the appellant
David Finley, for the respondent
Heard and endorsed: January 25, 2012
On appeal from the conviction entered on October 14, 2010 and the sentence imposed on January 7, 2011 by Justice John McMahon of the Superior Court of Justice, sitting without a jury.
APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT
1The appellant abandons his conviction appeal, and seeks leave to appeal his sentence of one year for fraud and forgery plus three years probation.
2In argument, the appellant sought to have the sentence varied to an intermittent sentence of 90 days to be imposed in order to allow the appellant to earn money for restitution. In our view, the sentence imposed by the trial judge was within the range and not unfit. The appellant is to be commended for continuing to make restitution to the victims. However, we see no basis to interfere with the sentence that was imposed. Leave to appeal sentence is granted but the appeal is dismissed.