Crown appeal from the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal's decision to quash convictions for sexual assault and forcible confinement of a minor and order a new trial.
The majority of the Court of Appeal had held that the trial judge erred in rejecting the evidence of the accused's son and in misapprehending the trial evidence as a whole.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal for the reasons given by Hoegg J.A. in dissent below, restoring the trial convictions.
Fish and Cromwell JJ. dissented, favouring affirmation of the new trial order.
