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Man who drove car through patio and killed toddler appeals 'excessive' four-month sentence
National Post ^ | January 15, 2016 | Ryan Cormier

Posted on 01/15/2016 2:55:53 PM PST by rickmichaels

The man who received four months in jail after he drove his car through a restaurant patio and killed a toddler has filed an appeal of his "excessive" sentence.

On Dec. 17, Richard Suter was sentenced for refusing to provide a breath sample in the hours after the May 2013 incident that killed two-year-old Geo Mounsef. In addition to his jail sentence, Suter was suspended from driving for 30 months.

In his notice of appeal, the 65-year-old Suter asked the Court of Appeal of Alberta to reduce his sentence to a $2,000 fine, probation and a one-year driving suspension.

Provincial court Judge Larry Anderson concluded Suter was not impaired when he stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake while arguing with his wife. Suter's SUV lurched through a glass-walled patio at Ric's Grill in south Edmonton and slammed into the table where Geo was eating with his parents and five-month-old brother.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: canada

1 posted on 01/15/2016 2:55:53 PM PST by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

Canadian lives don’t matter.


2 posted on 01/15/2016 2:59:10 PM PST by alpo (Resist we much)
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To: rickmichaels

Guy is incapable of taking personal responsibility.

Reminds me of Obama.


3 posted on 01/15/2016 3:00:23 PM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
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To: rickmichaels

It’s Canada. The judge will reduce the sentence and send a card of apology.


4 posted on 01/15/2016 3:00:25 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: rickmichaels

Had he run down my kid, he never would have made it to trial.

A$$hole.


5 posted on 01/15/2016 3:01:29 PM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: rickmichaels
So Canadians can suffer from affluenza too???
6 posted on 01/15/2016 3:04:11 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: Arm_Bears

You are not alone.


7 posted on 01/15/2016 3:09:34 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: rickmichaels

Four months for killing a little kid is a joke.

What the f*ck is wrong with this country?


8 posted on 01/15/2016 3:21:13 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rickmichaels

What’s a matter father didn’t have a gun? The moron wouldn’t have had to suffer in jail at all if it was my baby he killed!


9 posted on 01/15/2016 3:59:23 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: rickmichaels

I’d make damn sure that he understood that jail would be the only safe place for him.


10 posted on 01/15/2016 4:25:16 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: rickmichaels
Suter was suspended from driving for 30 months.

Imagine such a sentence if he had misused a gun instead of a car.

11 posted on 01/15/2016 4:43:02 PM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:21)
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To: rickmichaels

Sounds like Texas’ affluenza teen.


12 posted on 01/15/2016 5:00:50 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: goldstategop

It’s not this country.
Ours is pretty jacked up, tho.


13 posted on 01/15/2016 5:09:25 PM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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STRAP HIM INTO A STROLLER AND ALLOW ONE OF THE PARENTS TO RUN A CAR INTO HIM


14 posted on 01/15/2016 5:11:23 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: rickmichaels

“Provincial court Judge Larry Anderson concluded Suter was not impaired...”

Well if the Judge said his fellow Progressive was not impaired, who are we to question the judgement of someone who advises God on a regular basis?


15 posted on 01/15/2016 5:22:07 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (It's not an "administration", it's a crime syndicate of liars, thieves, freaks, fools & perverts.)
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To: ronnie raygun

Alrighty then. Let’s get started.


16 posted on 01/15/2016 5:32:07 PM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: rickmichaels

if he wasn’t impaired, try him for murder instead of manslaughter.


17 posted on 01/15/2016 5:39:02 PM PST by PAR35
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To: goldstategop

Ask Ted Cruz, he was born there

/s


18 posted on 01/15/2016 8:31:31 PM PST by arl295
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To: Arm_Bears

I have two year old and four month old grandkids right now. I’d have been homicidal after something like this.


19 posted on 01/15/2016 9:18:56 PM PST by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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