The appellant was convicted of sexual assault at trial and appealed on the basis that the trial judge failed to provide sufficient reasons regarding factual findings about the complainant's evidence and erred in assessing the credibility and reliability of that evidence.
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal majority dismissed the appeal and affirmed the conviction, with one justice dissenting in favour of a new trial.
On further appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, counsel for the appellant raised the same grounds of insufficient reasons and errors in law in assessing the complainant's evidence.
The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal, substantially adopting the reasoning of the majority of the Court of Appeal.
