Is there any case law where a trial judge was lured into seeing the issue as one of whether to believe the complainant or the accused?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. MacLeod, 2016 NSSC 303 (CanLII):
In R v. Scott, 1997 CarswellMan 213 (Man. C.A.), the court found the reasons given at trial left the impression that the trial judge was lured into seeing the issue as one of whether to believe the complainant or the accused. The court allowed the appeal and ordered a new trial. Decision
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