But Parliament simply declared that the automatism defence can never be used, and that’s that. (One subtlety in the new Sullivan ruling is that the eponymous Sullivan didn’t even mean to get high.

Alberta’s appeal court has overturned a judge’s decision to acquit a former Mount Royal University hockey player who attacked a university professor while high on drugs in 2018.

In 1999, the top court ruled that there has to be a considerable body of evidence supporting non-insane automatism before a judge can even tell the jury that it might be a factor in their decision.

British Columbia B.C. man acquitted of sexual assault after blaming 'automatism' on magic mushrooms Rare ruling highlights controversial legal debate around violence pegged to extreme intoxication ...

A former Calgary university student, who broke into a professor's home while naked and high on magic mushrooms and beat her badly with a broom handle, has been acquitted — with his case, a ...

A law prohibiting an accused from using extreme intoxication to the point of automatism as a defence against crimes involving assault or interference with the bodily integrity of another person is ...

Irinel Ghiorghita, 41, claimed at trial that he was in a state of “automatism” at the time he shot and killed his wife Andra, 38, and that his actions were not voluntary but on Friday a judge ...