R. v. Ray

Decided: 2026-10-07. Docket: COA-25-CR-0188. Citation: 2026 ONCA 714 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Sexual assault — Appeal from conviction — Credibility and reliability — Whether conviction for sexual assault should be set aside on alleged trial errors — Trial judge accepted complainant’s account supported by recorded conversation — Trial judge rejected appellant’s explanations and denial — Appellate deference to findings open to trial judge — Appeal dismissed | Evidence — Recorded conversation — Transcripts as listening aids — Surreptitious recording — Did the trial judge err by admitting or relying on an edited transcript and handwritten annotations — Recording treated as the evidence, transcripts not admitted — Defence consent to receiving annotated transcript considered —