SCC hears three sexual assault appeals, dismisses one

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SCC hears three sexual assault appeals, dismisses one

Canada’s highest court recently dealt with appeals in three sexual assault cases involving issues of alleged misapprehensions of evidence, credibility conclusions based on allegedly unfounded generalizations, and the defence of honest but mistaken belief in communicated consent.

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