Capacity assessment before verdict violated accused’s rights in assault case: B.C. Appeal Court

By Ian Burns ( April 24, 2020, 9:39 AM EDT) -- The B.C. Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a man who was found not criminally responsible after stabbing an acquaintance, ruling a lower court judge was in error when he considered the man’s mental fitness before a verdict was given and without determining whether he had put his capacity for criminal intent into issue....
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