R. v. Sowa (L.T.), (1991) 72 Man.R.(2d) 15 (QB)
| Judge | Kroft, J. |
| Court | Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Canada) |
| Case Date | April 12, 1991 |
| Jurisdiction | Manitoba |
| Citations | (1991), 72 Man.R.(2d) 15 (QB) |
R. v. Sowa (L.T.) (1991), 72 Man.R.(2d) 15 (QB)
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Her Majesty The Queen (informant) v. Lawrence Theodore Sowa (accused)
Indexed As: R. v. Sowa (L.T.)
Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench
Winnipeg Centre
Kroft, J.
April 12, 1991.
Summary:
The accused was convicted on three charges of sexual assault.
The Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench sentenced the accused not to an indeterminate period of imprisonment as a dangerous offender, but to a total of 14 years' imprisonment.
Criminal Law - Topic 5932
Sentence - Sexual assault - 49 year old accused sociopath convicted of three counts of sexual assault involving three junior high school girls, aged 14 or 15, whom he turned into his "sexual toys" through the use of alcohol, drugs or intimidation - 24 prior convictions since the accused was 19, including theft, robbery, dangerous driving, trafficking in narcotics, escape and sexual assault - An "incorrigible criminal" - No guilt or sense of personal responsibility - Manipulative - Unlikely to change - Sexual impulses towards young women repetitive, persistent and uncontrolled - Spent 2.5 years in custody pending sentencing - The Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench held that the accused was a dangerous offender - The court, however, upon consideration, sentenced the accused to a total of 14 years' imprisonment, rather than an indeterminate period.
Criminal Law - Topic 6503
Dangerous offenders - Detention - Dangerous offender defined - [See Criminal Law - Topic 5932 ].
Criminal Law - Topic 6558
Dangerous offenders - Detention - Protection of the public - Dangerous sexual offender - [See Criminal Law - Topic 5932 ].
Cases Noticed:
R. v. Latham (1987), 47 Man.R.(2d) 81, refd to. [para. 32].
R. v. Carleton (1981), 32 A.R. 181; 69 C.C.C.(2d) 1, affd. 52 N.R. 293; 47 A.R. 160; 36 C.R.(3d) 393 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 43].
R. v. Pontello (1977), 38 C.C.C.(2d) 262, refd to. [para. 135].
Steele v. Mountain Institution (1990), 121 N.R. 198; 60 C.C.C.(3d) 1 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 138].
R. v. Lyons (1987), 62 N.S.R.(2d) 383; 136 A.P.R. 383; 37 C.C.C.(3d) 1, refd to. [para. 138].
Statutes Noticed:
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, sect. 752 [para. 29]; sect. 752(a) [paras. 35-37]; sect. 752(b) [paras. 34-35]; sect. 753 [paras. 30, 38, 42]; sect. 753(a)(i), sect. 753(a)(ii) [paras. 118, 126]; sect. 753(a)(iii) [para. 120]; sect. 753(b) [paras. 119, 126]; sect. 761 [para. 134].
Counsel:
G. Bowering, for the Crown;
S. Katz, for the accused.
This sentencing was heard before Kroft, J., of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, Winnipeg Centre, whose decision was delivered on April 12, 1991.
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Preventive Detention
...the legislation can be upheld."92 Later, when considering whether the 89 Ibid, at 379. 90 See Moore, above note 54; and R. v. Sowa (1991), 72 Man. R. (2d) 15 (Q.B.). 91 This was held to be a basis for refusing to impose an indeterminate sentence in Carleton, above note 57, although it was n......