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Case in Brief: R. v. Brown. The Supreme Court restores an Alberta man’s acquittal for attacking a woman while in a state of automatism. On the night of January 12, 2018, Matthew Winston Brown consumed alcohol and “magic mushrooms” at a party in Calgary, Alberta. The mushrooms contain psilocybin, an illegal drug that can cause hallucinations.
- A Breakdown of The Supreme Court’S Decision in R V Brown
- Matthew Brown Consumes Magic Mushrooms and Goes on A Rampage
- Supreme Court Strikes Down Section 33.1
- Parliament Responds with Bill C-28
This is the second article in a two-part series on the criminal defence of extreme intoxication in Canada. Part 1 focused on the history of the defence as well as the creation of section 33.1 of the Criminal Code. This section prohibited a person accused of a general intent offence from using the extreme intoxication defence if the intoxication was...
On a winter’s night Matthew Brown went to a friend’s party and consumed alcohol as well as several portions of magic mushrooms. At around 3:45am Mr Brown removed his clothing and ran barefoot into the cold.Shortly afterwards, while in an intoxicated state, he broke into a nearby house and violently attacked the resident with a broken broom handle. ...
In a weighty 9-0 decision, Justice Kasirer, writing on behalf of the Court, struck down section 33.1 as unconstitutional. By denying the extreme intoxication defence to those accused of certain general intent offences, the Court held, Parliament had unjustifiably violated theCharter of Rights and Freedoms. One of the key issues the SCC faced in Bro...
The Brown ruling provoked outcry across the country,and Parliament accordingly moved quickly to introduce new legislation on the extreme intoxication defence. On Friday June 17th, the government introduced Bill C-28, which appears to address the issues that resulted in section 33.1 being struck down. Under these new rules, the extreme intoxication ...
SUPREME COURT OF CANADA . Citation: R. v. Brown, 2022 SCC 18 . Appeal Heard: November 9, 2021 Judgment Rendered: May 13, 2022 Docket: 39781 Between: Matthew Winston ...
Oct 7, 2021 · By: Lisa Silver Case Commented On: R v Brown, 2021 ABCA 273 (Supreme Court of Canada Appeal Hearing Scheduled for November 9, 2021) What you are about to read is not the usual case commentary. I will not summarize, analyze, or otherwise slice and dice the decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal in R v Brown , 2021 ABCA 273 (CanLII) , a case upholding the constitutionality of s 33.1 of the ...
R. v. Brown, 2022 SCC 18 (CanLII) The law in Canada is that intoxication short of automatism is not a defence to the kind of violent crime at issue here. The outcome of the constitutional questions in these appeals has no impact on the rule that intoxication short of automatism is not a defence to violent crimes of general intent. In sum, the ...
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