Gregg Lawlor

The appellant appealed his conviction for sexual assault to the Supreme Court of Canada as of right.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, finding no reason to differ with the disposition arrived at by the majority of the Court of Appeal regarding the reasonableness of the verdict.

LeBel J. dissented and would have allowed the appeal and quashed the conviction.

The Crown appealed as of right from a judgment of the Manitoba Court of Appeal that set aside the accused's conviction for sexual assault and entered an acquittal.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the majority of the Court of Appeal that the verdict was unreasonable based on the principles in Yebes and Biniaris.

The appellants, members of an Indian band, were convicted of mischief relating to a highway blockade.

They appealed, seeking to introduce fresh evidence that the trial judge had prior professional dealings with some of the appellants and a co-accused while he was a practising lawyer.

The Crown conceded that this raised a reasonable apprehension of bias.

The Supreme Court of Canada admitted the fresh evidence, allowed the appeal, set aside the convictions, and ordered a new trial before a different judge.