By John L. Hill (April 11, 2024, 11:14 AM EDT) -- Sometimes, it is fortunate not to have a jury trial. No doubt that will be the feeling of D.A., who was convicted of sexual assault in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on April 11, 2022 (R. v. D.A., 2022 ONSC 1920). The presiding judge was Justice Michael N. Varpio, who, at the time of his appointment in 2013, was the northeast region’s youngest Superior Court judge. According to a report published in The Sault Star on Jan. 24, 2013, the time of his swearing-in ceremony, the newly appointed judge had a motto: There are two sides to every story....