Court File and Parties

CITATION: R. v. Okkema, 2009 ONCA 284

DATE: 20090408

DOCKET: C49545

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

[1] In 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.

[2] The 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.

[3] The appeal must be dismissed.

“S. T. Goudge J.A.”