A.G.W. Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Alberta, 2018 SCC 9

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.