COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
Hoy A.C.J.O., Gillese and Lauwers JJ.A.
BETWEEN
Her Majesty the Queen
Respondent
and
Venese Sinclair
Appellant
Najma Jamaldin and Paul Genua, for the appellant
Nick Devlin, for the respondent
Heard: July 17, 2014
On appeal from the conviction entered by a jury presided over by Justice Fitzpatrick of the Superior Court of Justice, dated July 26, 2012 and the sentence imposed on May 21, 2013.
APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT
1The appellant’s request for a new trial on the ground that it cannot safely be concluded that the jury’s rejection of the appellant’s evidence was not influenced by the admission of hearsay evidence that the appellant was subject to a “drug look-out” when she arrived at Pearson from Trinidad is not opposed by the Crown.
2We are satisfied that this appeal should be allowed. The appellant’s conviction is quashed and a new trial ordered.