SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

Date: 20151016 Docket: 36421

Between

M.J.B.

Appellant

and

Her Majesty The Queen

Respondent

Coram: Abella, Cromwell, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ.

Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1)

Abella J. (Cromwell, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ. concurring)

R. v. M.J.B., 2015 SCC 48, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 321

M.J.B. Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Indexed as: R. v. M.J.B.

2015 SCC 48

File No.: 36421.

2015: October 16.

Present: Abella, Cromwell, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

Criminal law — Sexual assault — Evidence — Court of Appeal correct in finding that trial judge’s verdict reasonable and supported by evidence.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Watson, Rowbotham and Wakeling JJ.A.), 2015 ABCA 146 , [2015] A.J. No. 460 (QL), 2015 CarswellAlta 713, affirming the accused’s conviction of sexual assault. Appeal dismissed, Côté J. dissenting.

Deborah R. Hatch , for the appellant.

Troy Couillard , for the respondent.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

[ 1 ] Abella J. — The majority is of the view that the appeal should be dismissed for the reasons of Justices Watson and Rowbotham in the Court of Appeal. Justice Côté is dissenting and she would allow the appeal substantially for the reasons of Justice Wakeling.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Gunn Law Group, Edmonton.

Solicitor for the respondent: Alberta Department of Justice, Edmonton.