| R v Cuerrier | |
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| Hearing: March 27, 1998 Judgment: December 3, 1998 | |
| Full case name | Her Majesty The Queen v. Henry Gerard Cuerrier |
| Citations | [1998] 2 SCR 371 |
| Prior history | BC Court of Appeal |
| Ruling | Crown appeal allowed, new trial ordered. |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Cory J, joined by Major, Bastarache and Binnie JJ |
| Concurrence | L'Heureux‑Dubé J |
| Concurrence | McLachlin J, joined by Gonthier J |
R v Cuerrier was a 1998 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that knowingly exposing a sexual partner to HIV constitutes a prosecutable crime (aggravated assault) under Canadian law.