Court of Appeal for Ontario

Citation: R. v. Strelocke, 2010 ONCA 601

Date: 2010-09-17

Docket: C50935

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

[1] The 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.

[2] The 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.

[3] Accordingly, although leave to appeal sentence is granted, the sentence appeal is dismissed.