C.A.C. v. R., 2009 NBCA 68

• Jurisdiction: New Brunswick
• Court: Court of Appeal of New Brunswick
• Judge: Richard, Bell and Quigg, JJ.A.
• Neutral Citation: 2009 NBCA 68
• Citation: 2009 NBCA 68,(2009), 349 N.B.R.(2d) 265 (CA),349 NBR (2d) 265,[2009] NBJ No 342 (QL),349 NBR(2d) 265,349 N.B.R.(2d) 265,[2009] N.B.J. No 342 (QL),(2009), 349 NBR(2d) 265 (CA)
• Date: 22 May 2009

R. v. C.A.C. (2009), 349 N.B.R.(2d) 265 (CA);

    349 R.N.-B.(2e) 265; 899 A.P.R. 265

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Temp. Cite: [2009] N.B.R.(2d) TBEd. OC.020

Renvoi temp.: [2009] N.B.R.(2d) TBEd. OC.020

C.A.C. (appellant) v. Her Majesty the Queen (respondent)

(90-08-CA; 2009 NBCA 68)

Indexed As: R. v. C.A.C.

Répertorié: R. v. C.A.C.

New Brunswick Court of Appeal

Richard, Bell and Quigg, JJ.A.

October 22, 2009.

Summary:

Résumé:

The New Brunswick Provincial Court, in a decision not reported in this series of reports, convicted the accused of sexual assault and sentenced him to jail for 54 months. The accused applied for leave to appeal against the sentence.

The New Brunswick Court of Appeal dismissed the application.

Editor's Note: Certain names in the following case have been initialized or the case otherwise edited to prevent the disclosure of identities where required by law, publication ban, Maritime Law Book's editorial policy or otherwise.

Criminal Law - Topic 5847

Sentencing - Considerations on imposing sentence - Remorse of accused - In sentencing the accused to 54 months in jail for sexual assault on a minor, the trial judge said that there were little or no mitigating factors in this case and that the accused expressed no remorse towards the complainant - The accused sought leave to appeal against the sentence, arguing that the trial judge erred in his approach to remorse - The New Brunswick Court of Appeal denied leave to appeal - The trial judge did not elevate lack of remorse to an "aggravating factor" when he observed that remorse was unavailable as a mitigating factor - See paragraphs 6 and 7.

Criminal Law - Topic 5932

Sentence - Sexual assault (incl. by multiple parties) - The trial judge convicted the accused of sexual assault in respect of incidents perpetrated on his common law spouse's daughter when the daughter was aged between 11 and 16 years - The incidents included fondling, digital penetration of the vagina, masturbation and fellatio, and culminated in what the complainant believed to have been penile penetration of her vagina while she was lying on her bed pretending to be asleep - The trial judge sentenced the accused to 54 months in jail - The accused sought leave to appeal against the sentence - The New Brunswick Court of Appeal denied leave to appeal where the sentence was not "excessive" - See paragraphs 8 to 10.

Droit criminel - Cote 5847

Détermination de la peine - Facteurs considérés lors de l'infliction de la peine - Remords de la part du prévenu - [Voir Criminal Law - Topic 5847 ].

Droit criminel - Cote 5932

Peine - Agression sexuelle (y compris par de multiples participants) - [Voir Criminal Law - Topic 5932 ].

Cases Noticed:

R. v. R.K.J. (1998), 207 N.B.R.(2d) 24; 529 A.P.R. 24 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. LeBlanc (G.A.) (2003), 264 N.B.R.(2d) 341; 691 A.P.R. 341; 2003 NBCA 75, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. Hawkins (R.K.) (2008), 331 N.B.R.(2d) 129; 849 A.P.R. 129; 2008 NBCA 40, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. Nash (A.W.) (2009), 340 N.B.R.(2d) 320; 871 A.P.R. 320; 2009 NBCA 7, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. Shropshire (M.T.), [1995] 4 S.C.R. 227; 188 N.R. 284; 65 B.C.A.C. 37; 106 W.A.C. 37, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. C.A.M., [1996] 1 S.C.R. 500; 194 N.R. 321; 73 B.C.A.C. 81; 120 W.A.C. 81, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. McDonnell (T.E.), [1997] 1 S.C.R. 948; 210 N.R. 241; 196 A.R. 321; 141 W.A.C. 321, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. L.M., [2008] 2 S.C.R. 163; 374 N.R. 351; 2008 SCC 31, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. Solowan (K.S.T.), [2008] 3 S.C.R. 309; 381 N.R. 191; 261 B.C.A.C. 27; 440 W.A.C. 27; 2008 SCC 62, refd to. [para. 4].

R. v. Cormier (D.) (1999), 209 N.B.R.(2d) 289; 535 A.P.R. 289 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

R. v. E.S. (1997), 191 N.B.R.(2d) 3; 488 A.P.R. 3 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

R. v. C.B.H. (2008), 336 N.B.R.(2d) 307; 862 A.P.R. 307; 2008 NBCA 76, refd to. [para. 6].

R. v. C.B.H. (2008), 336 N.B.R.(2d) 307; 862 A.P.R. 307; 2008 NBCA 76, affing. (2008), 330 N.B.R.(2d) 152; 845 A.P.R. 152; 2008 NBPC 14, consd. [para. 9].

R. v. W.B.S.; R. v. M.P. (1992), 127 A.R. 65; 20 W.A.C. 65; 73 C.C.C.(3d) 530 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 10].

Counsel:

Avocats:

Ronald Morris, Q.C., for the appellant;

Paul L. Hawkins, for the respondent.

This application for leave to appeal was heard on May 22, 2009, by Richard, Bell and Quigg, JJ.A., of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal. The following decision of the Court of Appeal was delivered in both official languages on October 22, 2009, by Bell, J.A.