R. v. R.W.
The Court refused to interfere because the sentence was not clearly disproportionate and there was ample evidence supporting the trial judge's conclusion that the sentence served the purposes and goals of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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- Citation
- 2010 ONCA 169
- Parties
- Respondent: Her Majesty the Queen; Appellant: R.W. (Young Person)
- Court
- Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Judgment Date
- 9 March 2010
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Youth (youth Criminal Justice Act) / Appeal From Sentence to Court of Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Sentencing Review, Youth Criminal Justice Act Publication Ban, Disproportionality, Standard of Appellate Review
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Her Majesty the Queen
Respondent
R.W. (Young Person)
Appellant
Procedural Posture
Criminal Youth (youth Criminal Justice Act) / Appeal From Sentence to Court of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence imposed on a young person was clearly disproportionate
- 2 Whether the appellate court should interfere with the trial judge's sentencing determination in a youth matter
- 3 Whether the sentencing decision served the purposes and principles of the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Ratio Decidendi
The Court refused to interfere because the sentence was not clearly disproportionate and there was ample evidence supporting the trial judge's conclusion that the sentence served the purposes and goals of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- Appeal dismissed
- Sentence affirmed
Full Case Text
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R. v. R.W. Collection Decisions of the Court of Appeal Date 2010-03-09 Neutral citation 2010 ONCA 169 Docket numbers C51361 Judges Doherty, David H.; Laskin, John Ivan; Goudge, Stephen Thomas Subject Criminal Decision Content WARNING THIS IS AN APPEAL UNDER THE YOUTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT AND IS SUBJECT TO: 110. (1) Subject to this section, no person shall publish the name of a young person, or any other information related to a young person, if it would identify the young person as a young person dealt with under this Act… 111. (1) Subject to this section, no person shall publish the name of a child or young person, or any other information related to a child or a young person, if it would identify the child or young person as having been a victim of, or as having appeared as a witness in connection with, an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by a young person… 138. (1) Every person who contravenes subsection 110(1) (identity of offender not to be published), 111(1) (identity of victim or witness not to be published), 118(1) (no access to records unless authorized) or 128(3) (disposal of R.C.M.P. records) or section 129 (no subsequent disclosure) of this Act, or subsection 38(1) (identity not to be published), (1.12) (no subsequent disclosure), (1.14) (no subsequent disclosure by school) or (1.15) (information to be kept separate), 45(2) (destruction of records) or 46(1) (prohibition against disclosure) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. CITATION: R. v. R.W., 2010 ONCA 169 DATE: 20100305 DOCKET: C51361 COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO Doherty, Laskin and Goudge JJ.A. BETWEEN Her Majesty the Queen Respondent and R.W. (Young Person) (Appellant) Paul Calarco, for the appellant Rochelle Direnfeld, for the respondent Heard: March 4, 2010 On appeal from the sentence imposed by Justice E. Allen of the Ontario Court of Justice dated September 22, 2009. APPEAL BOOK ENDORSEMENT [1] We are not satisfied that we should interfere with the sentence. It cannot be said that the sentence is clearly disproportionate to the offence. In our view, there was ample evidence to support the trial judge’s determination that the sentence was warranted and served the purposes and goals of the Act. [2] The appeal is dismissed.