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The Supreme Court held that applying the Criminal Code proviso is a question of law reviewable on appeal, but dismissed the appeal because the conviction was safe despite trial errors.
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld a new trial in R. v. Vasil, holding that drunkenness could be relevant to the accused’s actual knowledge under s. 212(c).
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from a murder conviction, finding no error in the trial judge’s handling of a challenge for cause or in omitting a drunkenness direction.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that common assault was an included offence in a robbery-with-violence charge and that drunkenness did not negate it on these facts.
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