R. v. Garth Howard Drabinsky and Myron Irwin Gottlieb

The following notice appeared moments ago on the Court of Appeal website:

Docket: C50830 & C50831

On appeal from the convictions entered on March 25, 2009, and the sentences imposed on August 5, 2009, by Justice Mary Lou Benotto of the Superior Court of Justice, sitting without a jury, written reasons reported at (2009), 242 C.C.C. (3d) 449 and (2009), 246 C.C.C. (3d) 214.

The appellants were charged with two counts of fraud and one count of forgery. They were tried before Justice Benotto of the Superior Court of Justice at a trial lasting 65 days. On March 25, 2009, they were convicted on all counts. The forgery count was subsequently stayed pursuant R. v. Kienapple, [1975] 1 S.C.R. 729. On August 5, 2009, the trial judge sentenced Drabinsky to a term of imprisonment of seven years and Gottlieb to a term of six years.

The appellants appealed both their convictions and their sentences. The appeals were heard on May 2, 3 and 4, 2011 before a court composed of Justices Doherty, Goudge and Armstrong.

The decision of the Court will be released at 11 am on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. The judgment of the court will be posted on the court’s website at that time.