Court of Appeal for Ontario

Date: 2018-02-12 Docket: C61010 Judges: MacPherson, Huscroft and Trotter JJ.A.

Between

Her Majesty the Queen Respondent

and

Charlie Manasseri Appellant

Counsel

Charlie Manasseri, appearing in person Delmar Doucette, duty counsel Susan Magotiaux, for the respondent

Heard: February 8, 2018

Appeal Information

On appeal from the conviction entered on June 19, 2015 and the sentence imposed on September 4, 2015 by Justice M. Hoffman of the Ontario Court of Justice.

Appeal Book Endorsement

[1] The appellant advances a single ground of appeal – his trial counsel was ineffective because he refused to permit him to testify at his own trial.

[2] The record does not support this submission. In the cross-examination on an affidavit prepared for this appeal, it is clear that the appellant may have felt strongly that he wanted to testify but, in the end, accepted his trial counsel's advice not to do so.

[3] The appeal is dismissed.