Supreme Court Judgments

R. v. M. (N.), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 415

Her Majesty the Queen                                                                    Appellant

v.

N. M.                                                                                                  Respondent

Indexed as:  R. v. M. (N.)

File No.:  24263.

1995:  May 30.

Present:  L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario

                   Criminal law ‑‑ Sexual assault ‑‑ Evidence ‑‑ Conviction wrongly based on preferring evidence of complainant over evidence of accused rather than on whether evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal, [1994] O.J. No. 1715 (QL), allowing an appeal from conviction by Rogers Prov. Ct. J.  Appeal dismissed, L'Heureux‑Dubé J. dissenting.

                   Elizabeth M. Rennie, for the appellant.

                   Timothy E. Breen, for the respondent.

                   The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

1                 L'Heureux‑Dubé J. ‑‑ This is an appeal as of right.  The majority of the Court would dismiss the appeal substantially for the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal.  Justice L'Heureux‑Dubé would have allowed the appeal for the reasons of Abella J.A. dissenting in the Court of Appeal.  Accordingly the appeal is dismissed.

                   Judgment accordingly.

                   Solicitor for the appellant:  The Attorney General for Ontario, Toronto.

                   Solicitors for the respondent:  Rosen, Fleming, Toronto.