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In Canada, homicide is the act of causing death to another person through any means, directly or indirectly. Homicide can either be culpable or non-culpable, with the former being unlawful under a category of offences defined in the Criminal Code, a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada that applies uniformly across the country.
The Supreme Court of Canada is the court of last resort and final appeal in Canada. Cases successfully appealed to the Court are generally of national importance. Once a case is decided, the Court publishes written reasons for the decision, that consist of one or more opinions from any number of the nine justices.
Conflict of laws R v Malmo-Levine; R v Caine [2003] 3 S.C.R. 571, 2003 SCC 74 December 23, 2003 Possession of marijuana charter challenge R v Clay [2003] 3 S.C.R. 735, 2003 SCC 75 December 23, 2003 Possession of marijuana charter challenge (second) Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (AG) [2004] 1 S.C.R. 76, 2004 SCC 4
The Criminal Code contains some defences, but most are part of the common law rather than statute. Important Canadian criminal laws not forming part of the Code include the Firearms Act, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Food and Drugs Act, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the Contraventions Act.
The section has generated some case law, including the essential case R. v. Smith (1987), in which it was partially defined, and R. v. Latimer (2001), a famous case in which Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer protested that his long, mandatory minimum sentence for the murder of his disabled daughter was cruel and unusual. The section states: 12.
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SOMERVILLE - A 60-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a former Old Bridge woman whose body was found dumped in Bridgewater 27 years ago.