SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
Appeal heard: February 21, 2017 Judgment rendered: February 21, 2017 Docket: 37167
Between
Olabode Abayolmi Olotu
Appellant
and
Her Majesty The Queen
Respondent
Coram: Karakatsanis, Wagner, Gascon, Côté and Brown JJ.
Reasons for Judgment: (para. 1)
Karakatsanis J. (Wagner, Gascon, Côté and Brown JJ. concurring)
R. v. Olotu, 2017 SCC 11, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 168
Olabode Abayolmi Olotu Appellant
v.
Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
Indexed as: R. v. Olotu
2017 SCC 11
File No.: 37167.
2017: February 21.
Present: Karakatsanis, Wagner, Gascon, Côté and Brown JJ.
on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan
Criminal law — Appeals — Misapprehension of evidence — Unreasonable verdict — Accused convicted of sexual assault causing bodily harm — Court of Appeal finding that trial judge did not misapprehend evidence — Verdict not unreasonable — Conviction upheld.
Cases Cited
Referred to: R. v. Beaudry , 2007 SCC 5 , [2007] 1 S.C.R. 190.
Statutes and Regulations Cited
Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 686(1)(a)(i), (iii).
APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Jackson, Whitmore and Ryan-Froslie JJ.A.), 2016 SKCA 84 , 484 Sask. R. 12, 674 W.A.C. 12, 338 C.C.C. (3d) 321, [2016] S.J. No. 389 (QL), 2016 CarswellSask 453 (WL Can.), upholding the accused’s conviction for sexual assault causing bodily harm. Appeal dismissed.
Mark Vanstone , Karl Roemer and Mike Ochs , for the appellant.
Beverly L. Klatt , for the respondent.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
Reasons for Judgment
[ 1 ] Karakatsanis J. — Applying the appellate standard of review, with respect to the question of whether the trial judge misapprehended the evidence or failed to consider the totality of the evidence resulting in a miscarriage of justice under s. 686(1) (a)(iii) of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, we substantially agree with the reasons of Justice Jackson in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal on this issue. With respect to the further ground of appeal, the alleged Beaudry error ( R. v. Beaudry , 2007 SCC 5 , [2007] 1 S.C.R. 190), we are satisfied that the trial judge did not reach his decision by an illogical or irrational reasoning process, and his verdict was not unreasonable within the meaning of s. 686(1) (a)(i) of the Criminal Code . As a result, the appeal is dismissed.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: WMCZ Lawyers, Saskatoon.
Solicitor for the respondent: Attorney General of Saskatchewan, Regina.