SUPEIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
v.
LOUISE LAPOINTE
REASONS FOR SENTENCE
BEFORE THE HONOURABLE REGIONAL SENIOR JUSTICE M.K. FUERST
on May 10, 2018,
at NEWMARKET, Ontario
APPEARANCES:
M. Montemurro Counsel for the Crown
J. Christie Counsel for Louis Lapointe
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018
REASONS FOR SENTENCE
Fuerst J.: (Orally)
Mr. Lapointe, please stand up.
I agree with Ms. Montemurro’s characterization of the events on September 23rd, 2017, as, essentially, a home invasion. It is highly aggravating that the events occurred in the middle of the night, when a reasonable person would expect the residents of a home to be at home and likely asleep. Indeed, the residents were home, including young children. It is very fortunate that no one was injured during the course of the events of that night.
It is further aggravating that this was a form of group activity given that you were not alone when you perpetrated the offences, and that you and your colleague were masked. And, of course, it is highly aggravating that you were armed with a handgun.
You have a lengthy and very serious criminal record that goes back for some period of time, in fact, back to when you were a youth in 1997. You, of course, were in breach of multiple court orders. I am sure you realize since you have
been through the court system many times before, that if it were not for your guilty pleas, if this case had gone to trial and you were found guilty after a trial, you would be facing a sentence well beyond that of six years. In fact, I think you might well have been facing a sentence in the double digits.
It is, however, a mitigating factor that you pleaded guilty. Your guilty pleas are a sign of remorse and acceptance of your responsibility for the offences.
In all of the circumstances, I accept the joint submission that Mr. Christie and Ms. Montemurro have put to me.
I sentence you as follows. On the counts on Indictment Number 1, on Count 2, a sentence of six years in the penitentiary. That sentence is concurrent on each of Counts 4, 5 and 9. On Indictment Number 2, on Count Number 1, I impose a sentence of 345 days in jail consecutive. Against that period of time I credit you with 345 days for pre-trial custody showing, then, a sentence of time served.
There is a DNA order on the counts on Indictment Number 1, Counts 2, 4, 5 and 9.
There is a section 109 weapons prohibition order for life on all of the counts to which you pleaded guilty and have been found guilty. I order forfeiture as requested by Crown counsel.
FORM 2
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Evidence Act
I, Tracey Beatty, certify* that this document is a true and accurate transcript of the recording of R. v. Louis Lapointe in the Superior Court of Justice held at 50 Eagle Street West, Newmarket, Ontario, on May 10, 2108 taken from Recording No. 4911_401_20180510_084348
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Tracey Beatty, ACT ID#7742785329
May 30, 2018
Transcript Ordered: May 14, 2018
Transcript Completed: May 30, 2018
Ordering Party Notified: May 30, 2018
(*this certification does not apply to these Reasons for Sentence which were judicially edited)