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The Ontario Court of Appeal granted leave but dismissed Jamel Stewart’s sentence appeal, upholding a 30-month sentence for firearms offences.
The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed Leo Anderson’s conviction and sentence appeals for firearm possession, holding the trial judge’s inference of possession was open on the evidence.
The court accepted the joint submission because the proposed global custodial sentence of 15 years was fit and proportionate in all the circumstances and was not so unhinged from the facts as to undermine public confidence; the sentence was imposed as 5,475 days, with 618 days actual pre‑trial custody credited as 927 days, leaving 4,548 days to be served, together with specified ancillary orders.
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The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from firearms convictions, holding the search warrant challenge failed because the ITO and video evidence were not mischaracterized.
The Ontario Court of Appeal granted leave but dismissed Leabert Shaw’s sentence appeal, upholding a four-year sentence for firearm and drug offences.
The joint submission was accepted as fit after consideration of the agreed facts, aggravating factors (manufacture of restricted firearms and trafficking large quantities of controlled substances, prior drug conviction) and mitigating factors (guilty plea, family support, employment history, dated prior conviction), resulting in sentences of 3 years (Count 1), 4 years (Count 3) and 5 years (Count 4) with Counts 3 and 4 concurrent and consecutive to Count 1 for a global term of eight years, plus ancillary orders including firearms prohibitions, DNA order and forfeiture (with certain third-part…
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The court accepted the joint submission under Anthony‑Cook, imposed a global sentence of 3.5 years (1,277 days) with the specified concurrent and consecutive breakdowns for indictments 77987‑2 and 79985‑2, credited pre-trial custody at 1.5x (519 days = 779 days) leaving 498 days remaining, and ordered ancillary measures including forfeiture, a 10‑year weapons prohibition and a DNA sample as in the joint submission.
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After Mr. Hayes was convicted by a jury, the court revoked his judicial interim release under s. 523(1)(b)(ii) and remanded him into custody pending sentence.
The Court of Appeal upheld an 18-year global sentence for serious firearm offences after finding no error in the sentencer’s weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors.
The court convicted the accused of six drug and firearms possession counts after finding the defence evidence not credible and the circumstantial evidence sufficient.
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