CRMN 2010U Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Canada Revenue Agency, 18 Months, Extortion

• School: UOIT
• Department: Criminology-and-Justice
• Course: CRMN 2010U
• Professor: Sasha Bagley

Document Summary

Jacob, who works in construction, does not complete his work assignment on time. Jacob becomes extremely angry and in the heat of the moment hits his supervisor with a steal pipe over the head. Provocation is a statutory defence (s. 232) May be raised only in relation to a charge of murder. Provocation is a partial defence: if successful, leads to a reduced conviction from murder to manslaughter. An individual losing the power of self-control (important: does not mean that the victim deserved it or that the accused was justified in what he/she did: 232 of the criminal code. Insult must be sudden and unexpected (provocation cannot be self-induced) The accused must have lost self-control and acted before having regained his/her self- control. Wrongful act/insult must be sufficiently grave to cause an ordinary person to lose self- control. Objective element: was the wrongful act/insult sufficiently grave to cause an.