Where a complainant's evidence is the only direct evidence on each count in a sexual assault trial, and the jury acquits on counts where the complainant's evidence could be tested against other evidence, guilty verdicts on counts where the evidence could not be so tested are unreasonable unless there is something in the complainant's evidence or surrounding circumstances giving ground for supposing her evidence was more reliable on the counts of conviction. The dissent identified that independent corroboration (such as evidence of complaint) available for some counts but not others may constitute such a distinguishing feature.
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