R. v. T.U.

Decided: 2026-09-29. Docket: COA-24-CR-0162. Citation: 2026 ONCA 680 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Appeals — Sexual interference — Criminal Code, s. 151 — Whether jury instructions accurately and sufficiently explained the law — Conviction for sexual interference following jury acquittal on invitation to sexual touching — Factual basis for sentencing determined under s. 724(2) and R. v. Ferguson — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Jury charge — W.(D.) instruction — R. v. W.(D.) — Whether trial judge erred by limiting W.(D.) to the appellant’s testimony — Whether other evidence had to be identified as exculpatory in the instruction — Functional approach to reviewing jury instructions — Jury told to consider all the evidence — Appeal dismissed | Evidence — Character evidence — Goo