Court File and Parties

CITATION: R. v. Blais, 2011 ONCA 133

DATE: 20110216

DOCKET: C51761

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

[1] The 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.

[2] In 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.

[3] Leave to appeal sentence is granted, but the appeal is dismissed.