LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Actus Reus, Absolute Liability, Mens Rea
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R v ladue interfering with human remains, although he did not have the intent, he was still found guilty because he had a criminal intent. Stretches the notion of mens rea and how far it can really go. Fell out of love and decided to kill her. Came up with a plan to dose car in gas and take her out and the car would light up. Was taking kids to a birthday party. Droste was charged with 2 accounts of first degree murder. No doubt that droste had intended to kill his wife, no doubt he had planned it. Ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)ed a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that he did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)e(cid:374)s (cid:396)ea (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to kill his kids. The law says you can transfer the guilty intention as the outcome is the same. That intention/ guilty mind is a moving target and can be moved if the outcome is the same.
