SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
| Citation: R. v. A.G.W., 2018 SCC 9, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 263 |
Appeal heard: February 16, 2018 Judgment rendered: February 16, 2018 Docket: 37795 |
Between:
A.G.W.
Appellant
and
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Alberta
Respondent
Coram: Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté and Brown JJ.
| Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1) |
Abella J. (Moldaver, Gascon, Côté and Brown JJ. concurring) |
R. v. A.G.W., 2018 SCC 9, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 263
A.G.W. Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Alberta Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. A.G.W.
2018 SCC 9
File No.: 37795.
2018: February 16.
Present: Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté and Brown JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta
Criminal law — Appeals — Unreasonable verdict — Misapprehension of evidence — Accused convicted of sexual assault — Court of Appeal holding that trial judge properly assessed evidence and that verdict not unreasonable — Conviction upheld.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Berger, Martin and Strekaf JJ.A.), 2017 ABCA 247, [2017] A.J. No. 808 (QL), 2017 CarswellAlta 1401 (WL Can.), affirming the conviction of the accused for sexual assault. Appeal dismissed.
Jim Edgett, Dean Zuk and Andrew Stewart, for the appellant.
Julie Morgan, for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
[1] Abella J. — The appeal is dismissed for the reasons of the majority in the Court of Appeal.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Zuk Stewart Edgett Criminal Barristers, Calgary.
Solicitor for the respondent: Justice and Solicitor General, Appeals, Education & Prosecution Policy Branch, Calgary.