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    The document discusses legal defences that can be used in Canadian criminal law. It begins by explaining that once the prosecution has tried to prove guilt, the defence can attempt to raise reasonable doubt about the accused's mental state or provide a legally accepted reason for committing the crime. The document then provides a chart for the reader to fill in descriptions of 9 common legal defences found in the Criminal Code such as mental disorder, automatism, intoxication, self-defence, and necessity. It also includes a chart for the reader to analyze 3 criminal cases involving different defences and whether they were successfully used.

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    The document discusses legal defences that can be used in Canadian criminal law. It begins by explaining that once the prosecution has tried to prove guilt, the defence can attempt to raise reasonable doubt about the accused's mental state or provide a legally accepted reason for committing the crime. The document then provides a chart for the reader to fill in descriptions of 9 common legal defences found in the Criminal Code such as mental disorder, automatism, intoxication, self-defence, and necessity. It also includes a chart for the reader to analyze 3 criminal cases involving different defences and whether they were successfully used.

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    The document discusses legal defences that can be used in Canadian criminal law. It begins by explaining that once the prosecution has tried to prove guilt, the defence can attempt to raise reasonable doubt about the accused's mental state or provide a legally accepted reason for committing the crime. The document then provides a chart for the reader to fill in descriptions of 9 common legal defences found in the Criminal Code such as mental disorder, automatism, intoxication, self-defence, and necessity. It also includes a chart for the reader to analyze 3 criminal cases involving different defences and whether they were successfully used.

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    Legal Defences Worksheet

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    The document discusses legal defences that can be used in Canadian criminal law. It begins by explaining that once the prosecution has tried to prove guilt, the defence can attempt to raise reasonable doubt about the accused's mental state or provide a legally accepted reason for committing the crime. The document then provides a chart for the reader to fill in descriptions of 9 common legal defences found in the Criminal Code such as mental disorder, automatism, intoxication, self-defence, and necessity. It also includes a chart for the reader to analyze 3 criminal cases involving different defences and whether they were successfully used.

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    Criminal Law: Legal Defences

    Learning Goal: I will be able to identify some legal defences that have been become legally accepted under Canadian criminal law.

    Once the Crown has tried to prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the defence may attempt
    1) to raise some reasonable doubt that the accused possessed both elements of the crime (actus reus and mens rea) due to their mental state.
    2) to ‘justify’ the crime – to provide a legally accepted reason why they committed this crime

    Part 1 – Complete the following chart regarding legal defences found in the Criminal Code. Use Chapter 10 from the textbook, Law in Action, to fill
    in the chart.

    Legal Defence Description

    1. Mental
    Disorder

    2. Automatism

    3. Intoxication

    4. Self Defence

    5. Battered
    Woman
    Syndrome

    6. Defence of a
    Dwelling

    7. Necessity

    8. Compulsion
    or Duress

    9. Provocation

    10. Treaty
    Rights
    Part 2: Review the following cases from Chapter 10 in the textbook, Law in Action, and complete the following chart.

    Definition / Explanation of Was defence Why was (or why wasn’t) the defence successful?
    Defence
    Case Defence successful in What needed to be proved or established for the
    Used
    this case? defence to be accepted?
    R. v. Hibbert

    R. v. Proulx

    R. v. Borsch

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