Criminal Law II: Sexual Offences

This advanced criminal law class examines legal issues that commonly arise in relation to criminal sexual offences.  Topics will include:  consent and mistaken belief in consent;  failure to disclose HIV+ status;  access to the complainant’s counselling and other records; the use of text messages and other private records in cross-examination; admissibility of evidence of the complainant’s prior sexual history;  prior complaint and recent fabrication;  admissibility of similar fact evidence;  child pornography and obscenity;  sex offender registry/ community notification provisions; and forensic psychiatric evidence.