The Crown appealed a summary conviction appeal judge's decision to quash the respondents' convictions for assault and enter a stay of proceedings.
The respondents, two off-duty police officers, had been convicted at trial of assaulting a teenager during a wrongful arrest for car theft.
The summary conviction appeal judge found the trial judge erred by failing to explicitly advert to the dual purposes of character evidence.
The Court of Appeal allowed the Crown's appeal, finding the trial judge's treatment of the character evidence was adequate in the context of his credibility assessment.
The Court of Appeal restored the convictions and remitted the sentence appeals to a different summary conviction appeal judge.
