Court of Appeal for Ontario

Date: 2018-02-13 Docket: C64050 Judges: MacPherson, Huscroft and Trotter JJ.A.

Between

Her Majesty the Queen Respondent

and

Edward Hall Appellant

Counsel

Edward Hall, acting in person

Hannah Freeman, for the respondent

Danielle Robitaille, duty counsel

Hearing and Trial Information

Heard: February 6, 2018

On appeal from: The conviction entered on December 1, 2016 and the sentence imposed on May 15, 2017 by Justice Laurie Lacelle of the Superior Court of Justice, sitting without a jury, with reasons reported at 2016 ONSC 7418.

Appeal Book Endorsement

[1] The appellant was convicted of offences relating to the stabbing of the victim.

[2] The trial judge provided extensive and detailed reasons in which she rejected the appellant's evidence, accepted the victim's evidence, and then found the appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

[3] We are not persuaded that the trial judge erred in the manner in which she dealt with evidence that the Crown relied upon to corroborate the victim's evidence. In relation to the knife evidence, the trial judge was aware of the potential for contamination. She dealt with this evidence appropriately. Duty counsel concedes, quite rightly, that it was open to the trial judge to treat the Facebook evidence as corroborative of the victim's account.

[4] In all of the circumstances, the appeal is dismissed.