R. v. Wood
The appeal abates by reason of the appellant's death and the appropriate course is to close the file as abated.
Source-derived case information.
- Citation
- 2020 ONCA 794
- Parties
- Appellant: Ryan John Richard Wood; Respondent: Her Majesty the Queen
- Court
- Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Judgment Date
- 14 December 2020
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Appeal Abated on Death of Appellant
- Outcome
- Appeal abated due to death of appellant
- Legal Topics
- Abatement, Death of Accused, Conviction Appeal, Case Closure
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Ryan John Richard Wood
Appellant
Her Majesty the Queen
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Appeal Abated on Death of Appellant
Legal Issues
- 1 Effect of the appellant's death on a pending criminal appeal
- 2 Procedure for abatement and administrative closure of the appeal file
Ratio Decidendi
The appeal abates by reason of the appellant's death and the appropriate course is to close the file as abated.
Court Disposition
Appeal abated due to death of appellant
Orders
- File closed as abated.
Full Case Text
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R. v. Wood Collection Decisions of the Court of Appeal Date 2020-12-14 Neutral citation 2020 ONCA 794 Docket numbers C68770 Judges Juriansz, Russell G.; Jamal, Mahmud; Coroza, Steve A. Subject Criminal Decision Content COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO CITATION: R. v. Wood, 2020 ONCA 794 DATE: 20201214 DOCKET: C68770 Juriansz, Jamal and Coroza JJ.A. BETWEEN Her Majesty the Queen Respondent and Ryan John Richard Wood Appellant Jessica Zita, for the appellant Lisa Fineberg, for the respondent Heard in writing: December 9, 2020 On appeal from the conviction entered by Justice Marvin Kurz of the Superior Court of Justice, sitting with a jury, on June 14, 2019. REASONS FOR DECISION [1] Counsel for the appellant in this conviction appeal have filed a Notice of Abatement as the appellant died on November 12, 2020. The court registry is instructed to close this file as abated. “R.G. Juriansz J.A.” “M. Jamal J.A.” “S. Coroza J.A.”