SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Citation: R. v . Demedeiros , 2019 SCC 11, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 568 Appeal Heard: February 14, 2019 Judgment Rendered: February 14, 2019 Docket: 38269 Between: Nelson Silva Demedeiros Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Coram: Moldaver, Gascon, Brown, Rowe and Martin JJ. Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1) Moldaver J. (Gascon, Brown, Rowe and Martin JJ. concurring) R. v. Demedeiros, 2019 SCC 11, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 568 Nelson Silva Demedeiros Appellant

v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Demedeiros 2019 SCC 11 File No.: 38269. 2019: February 14. Present: Moldaver, Gascon, Brown, Rowe and Martin JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta Criminal law — Unreasonable verdict — Evidence — Assessment — Accused appealing convictions for sexual assault with weapon and unlawful confinement — Court of Appeal dismissing appeal — Deference owed to trial judge’s credibility assessment — Verdict not unreasonable — Convictions upheld .

APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Berger, Costigan and Slatter JJ.A.), 2018 ABCA 241 , 364 C.C.C. (3d) 271, 74 Alta. L.R. (6th) 1, 431 D.L.R. (4th) 650, [2018] 10 W.W.R. 293, [2018] A.J. No. 831 (QL), 2018 CarswellAlta 1313 (WL Can.), affirming the convictions entered by MacDonald Prov. Ct. J., 2016 ABPC 129 , [2016] A.J. No. 983 (QL), 2016 CarswellAlta 1833 (WL Can.). Appeal dismissed. Heather Ferg and Karen B. Molle , for the appellant. Troy Couillard , for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

[ 1 ] Moldaver J. — We would dismiss the appeal, substantially for the reasons of the majority of the Court of Appeal. Judgment accordingly. Solicitors for the appellant: McKay Criminal Defence, Calgary; Karen Molle Law Office, Calgary. Solicitor for the respondent: Alberta Department of Justice, Edmonton.