What is the principle of common law use in determining whether a person can be found guilty of a criminal offence under the Criminal Code?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Louison, 1975 CanLII 841 (SK CA):
This principle was referred to by Cartwright J. in Colpitts v. The Queen, 1965 CanLII 2 (SCC), 47 C.R. at 182, [1965] S.C.R. 739, [1966] 1 C.C.C. 146, 52 D.L.R. (2d) 416.
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