The Supreme Court of Canada has restored the acquittal of a Calgary man who consumed psilocybin better known as magic mushrooms before attacking a woman in her southwest home, and also ruled the law cannot bar the defence of extreme intoxication for violent offences.
Canada s highest court has ruled that the law barring the use of automatism, or a state of extreme intoxication, as a defence for some crimes is unconstitutional and called on Parliament to consider new legislation.
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The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday ruled that defendants accused of violent crimes such as homicide and sexual assault can use self-induced extreme intoxication as a defense, striking down a federal law supported by women's advocacy groups.