R. v. M.R.: The Contents of a Pre-sentence Report in Ontario (Comment), (1998) 107 O.A.C. 321

• Court: Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
• Case Date: March 31, 1998
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: (1998), 107 O.A.C. 321

R. v. M.R. (Comment) (1998), 107 O.A.C. 321

MLB case comment

CASE COMMENT

R. v. M.R. (1998), 107 O.A.C. 233: The Contents of a Pre-sentence Report in Ontario

Indexed As: R. v. M.R.: The Contents of a Pre-sentence Report in Ontario (Comment)

Ontario Court of Justice

Provincial Division

Renaud, P.D.J.

March 31, 1998.

Summary:

This case comment was delivered by Renaud, P.D.J. of the Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Division, on March 31, 1998.

For headnote relating to this case see 107 O.A.C. 233.

Criminal Law - Topic 5812

Sentencing - Sentencing procedure and rights of the accused - Use of presentence reports - A commentator reviewed what information could be submitted to a sen­tencing judge by means of a presentence report under s. 721(3)(a) of the Criminal Code - The commentator discussed the presentence report's relevancy with respect to the offender's age, maturity, character, behaviour, attitude and willingness to make amends - The commentator concluded by stating: "In particular, I am hopeful that the quite evident 'tension' between the need to obtain as much information as possible with respect to the offender and the poss­ible jeopardy to the person's lib­erty interest as a result of the submission of 'negative' character evidence may have been under­scored, and that the resolution of this difficult question will be considered direc­tly by our Court of Appeal in the near future."

Criminal Law - Topic 5843

Sentencing - Considerations on imposing sentence - Content of a presentence report - [See Criminal Law - Topic 5812 ].

Cases Noticed:

R. v. Priest (J.) (1996), 93 O.A.C. 163; 1 C.R.(5th) 275 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 1].

R. v. M.R. (1998), 107 O.A.C. 233 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 2].

R. v. Bates (1977), 32 C.C.C.(2d) 493 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. G.W.F., [1982] O.J. No. 32 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

R. v. Osbourne (1994), 75 O.A.C. 315; 94 C.C.C.(3d) 435 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 7].

R. v. Morelli (1977), 37 C.C.C.(2d) 392 (Ont. Prov. Ct.), refd to. [para. 8].

R. v. Jones (1994), 24 W.C.B.(2d) 198 (B.C. Prov. Ct.), refd to. [para. 8, foot­note 4].

R. v. Gianfelice (1992), 52 O.A.C. 243 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 8, footnote 4].

R. v. G.L.G., [1982] O.J. No. 193 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 9].

R. v. Generoux (N.C.) (1994), 122 Sask.R. 4 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 10].

R. v. Glassford (1988), 27 O.A.C. 194 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 11].

R. v. Freedman (1975), 25 C.C.C.(2d) 58 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 12].

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. v. Brown et al. (1994), 44 B.C.A.C. 241; 71 W.A.C. 241 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 12].

R. v. Condo, [1981] O.J. No. 35 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 13].

R. v. Audette, [1983] O.J. No. 724 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 14].

R. v. K.G. (1993), 63 O.A.C. 360 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15].

R. v. Merryweather, [1985] O.J. No. 21 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15].

R. v. Granton, [1983] O.J. No. 165 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 5].

R. v. Hackney, [1983] O.J. No. 10 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 5].

R. v. Kellar, [1980] O.J. No. 1500 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 5].

R. v. Mino (1985), 9 O.A.C. 81 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 5].

R. v. Walkes (1989), 34 O.A.C. 13 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15, footnote 5].

R. v. Butterwasser, [1948] 1 K.B. 4 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 16, footnote 6].

R. v. Pasha and Pasha (1981), 23 C.R.(3d) 320 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 16].

R. v. Oliver (G.) (1997), 99 O.A.C. 234 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 17].

R. v. Bigelow, [1991] O.J. No. 1739 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 17].

R. v. C., [1983] O.J. No. 119 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 18].

R. v. Rohr (1978), 44 C.C.C.(2d) 353 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 19].

R. v. Kelly and Lauzon (1979), 48 C.C.C.(2d) 560 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 19].

R. v. D.R.W. (1992), 100 Sask.R. 106; 18 W.A.C. 106 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 19, footnote 7].

R. v. Demeter and Whitmore (1976), 3 C.R.(3d) S-55 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 19].

R. v. Boyd (1979), 47 C.C.C. 369 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 19, footnote 12].

R. v. Gibson and Hillis (1984), 4 O.A.C. 313 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 19, footnote 12].

R. v. Bigham, [1982] O.J. No. 614 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 20].

R. v. Bannerman (1966), 48 C.R. 110 (Man. C.A.), refd to. [para. 21].

R. v. Lees (1979), 27 N.R. 548; 10 C.R.(3d) S-17 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 22].

R. v. Naraindeen (1990), 40 O.A.C. 291 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 23].

R. v. Roud and Roud (1981), 58 C.C.C.(2d) 226 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 23, footnote 15].

R. v. Guthrie (1985), 8 O.A.C. 277 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 25].

R. v. Pettigrew (1978), 3 C.R.(3d) S-59 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 32].

R. v. Hamer, [1981] C.S.P. 1047 (Que.), refd to. [para. 32, footnote 17].

R. v. Cain (D.B.) (1993), 28 B.C.A.C. 105; 47 W.A.C. 105 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 32, footnote 17].

R. v. Arsenault (1981), 30 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 489; 84 A.P.R. 489; 21 C.R.(3d) 268 (P.E.I.C.A.), refd to. [para. 33].

R. v. Blackbird (A.S.) (1993), 88 Man.R.(2d) 31; 51 W.A.C. 31 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 33].

R. v. Guay (1986), 15 O.A.C. 111 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34].

R. v. Naus, [1982] O.J. No. 867 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34, footnote 18].

R. v. Zwicker, [1995] O.J. No. 3736 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34, footnote 18].

R. v. Hoskin, [1994] O.J. No. 3811 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34, footnote 18].

R. v. Martinez (D.) (1996), 89 O.A.C. 152 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34, footnote 18].

R. v. Salituro (1990), 38 O.A.C. 241; 56 C.C.C.(3d) 350; 78 C.R.(3d) 68 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34, footnote 18].

R. v. McVeigh (1985), 11 O.A.C. 345 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 35].

R. v. Iwaniw; R. v. Overton (1959), 127 C.C.C. 40 (Man. C.A.), refd to. [para. 36, footnote 20].

R. v. Sanchez-Pino (1973), 11 C.C.C.(2d) 53 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 37].

R. v. Urbanovitch and Brown (1985), 31 Man.R.(2d) 268; 19 C.C.C.(3d) 43 (C.A.), affd. [1987] 2 S.C.R. 693; 79 N.R. 371; 50 Man.R.(2d) 127; 38 C.C.C.(3d) 479, refd to. [para. 38].

R. v. Kozy (1990), 41 O.A.C. 27 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 40].

R. v. Doucette (L.J.) (1995), 130 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 170; 405 A.P.R. 170 (P.E.I.T.D.), refd to. [para. 40].

R. v. Frizzell (W.G.) (1992), 58 O.A.C. 75 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 41].

R. v. Symes (1989), 32 O.A.C. 102 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 41].

R. v. Marchbank (1990), 82 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 17; 257 A.P.R. 17 (P.E.I.T.D.), refd to. [para. 42].

R. v. McMerty (1987), 21 O.A.C. 68 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 43].

R. v. Chaudhary (No. 2) (1988), 31 O.A.C. 243 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 44].

R. v. Lake (J.A.) (1996), 91 O.A.C. 75; 20 M.V.R.(3d) 50 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 45].

R. v. Williams, [1983] O.J. No. 781 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 46].

Statutes Noticed:

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, sect. 721(3)(a) [para. 4]; sect. 724(3)(e) [para. 29].

Authors and Works Noticed:

An Examination of Probation, 20 C.L.Q. 355, p. 358 [para. 8, footnote 2].

Simenon, Georges, Le Petit Docteur, p. 924 [Introduction].

Walker, Nigel, Why Punish? (1991), p. 53 [para. 19, foot­note 7].

Counsel:

[None disclosed.]

This case comment by Renaud, P.D.J., of the Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Division, was received on March 31, 1998.