R. v. Jussila, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 755

William Rodney Jussila Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Indexed as: R. v. Jussila

File No.: 25888.

1998: April 29.

Present: L’Heureux‑Dubé, Cory, Iacobucci, Major and Binnie JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

Criminal law ‑‑ Sexual assault ‑‑ Trial judge’s guilty verdict not unreasonable ‑‑ Conviction upheld.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (1997), 1997 ABCA 43, 193 A.R. 292, 135 W.A.C. 292, [1997] A.J. No. 164 (QL), dismissing the accused’s appeal from his conviction of sexual assault. Appeal dismissed.

Rajko Dodic, for the appellant.

Joshua B. Hawkes, for the respondent.

//L’Heureux-Dubé J.//

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

[1] L’Heureux‑Dubé J. ‑‑ We are all of the view that the verdict reached by the trial judge was not unreasonable in all the circumstances of this case. Accordingly, this appeal as of right is dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Dodic, Toone, Maclean, Lethbridge.

Solicitor for the respondent: Joshua B. Hawkes, Calgary.