Court File and Parties

CITATION: R. v. Paper, 2011 ONCA 56

DATE: 20110121

DOCKET: C51944

COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO

Feldman, Rouleau and Watt JJ.A.

BETWEEN

Her Majesty the Queen

Respondent

and

Leila Paper

Appellant

Counsel: Leila Paper, in person and Russell Silverstein, duty counsel James D. M. Clark, for the respondent

Heard and released orally: January 17, 2011

On appeal from the sentence imposed by Justice B. Brown of the Ontario Court of Justice, dated March 12, 2011.

ENDORSEMENT

[1] We are not persuaded that the sentencing judge erred in principle in the sentence she imposed. This was a commercial operation with a wide variety of controlled substances available for purchase and sale.

[2] The sentencing judge did consider the appellant’s guilty plea as indicative of remorse in her determination of the sentence she imposed and was entitled to balance it against the appellant’s failure to appreciate the potential harm created by the distribution of these substances.

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

"K. Feldman J.A."

"Paul Rouleau J.A."

"David Watt J.A."