Court File and Parties

Court: COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO Date: 2022-11-17 Docket: C68950

Before: Fairburn A.C.J.O., Huscroft and Coroza JJ.A.

Between: His Majesty the King, Respondent And: Antoine Peters, Appellant

Counsel: Owen Goddard and Kenneth Jim, for the appellant Katie Beaudoin, for the respondent

Heard and released orally: November 15, 2022

On appeal from: the convictions entered by Justice Chantal M. Brochu of the Ontario Court of Justice on November 22, 2019, and from the sentence imposed on June 17, 2020.

Reasons for Decision

[1] The Crown concedes the conviction appeal on the basis that the verdicts are unreasonable. The Crown’s concession is based on the acknowledgment that inadmissible evidence gave rise to the convictions. The Crown concedes that the verdicts depended almost exclusively on that evidence and therefore asks this court to set aside the convictions and enter acquittals.

[2] In the highly unusual circumstances of this case, we are prepared to accept the Crown’s concession. The appeal is allowed. The convictions are set aside and acquittals are entered.

“Fairburn A.C.J.O.”

“Grant Huscroft J.A.”

“S. Coroza J.A.”