What are the reasons why a trial judge rejected an appellant’s testimony?
Yukon, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Sawrenko, 2018 YKSC 35 (CanLII):
The same can be said for the case at bar. The breach of the rule in Browne v. Dunn was not the only reason the trial judge rejected the appellant’s testimony. Indeed, he stated several other reasons for doing so (paras. 15 to 20, and 24).
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