PHLB11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Culpable Homicide, Domestic Violence, Mens Rea
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Lavellee charged with culpable homicide, and was successfully acquitted on the selfdefence, establishing it as a case of nonculpable (or justifiable) homicide. To argue self-defense, it"s deliberate, in the right mind, admittedly, She couldve argued temporary insanitary, scared out of her wits. She defended herself, w/out denying that she pulled the trigger, led to his death , anything else would undermine her self-defense. The case was appealed by the crown. Doctor testified that she suffered from spousal abuse syndrome, & the existence of it. The supreme court"s decision regarding the appropraiteness of the doctor"s testimony. Doctor"s testimoney an issue, because doctor said she was. Reasonableness and the law: the standard of reasonableness or the so-called reasonable man . What would a reasonable person do in situation x? or. What would a reasonable person believe in situation x? . Whether or not what she believed, whether her actions were reasonable in proporation to the threat
