Law 3101A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Attending Physician, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, Canlii
9 Oct 2017
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Chapter v: mental health, criminal justice and civil commitment. If accused is found unfit to stand trial, the court may order him/her to be detained and treated without consent for up to 60 days. If accused remains unfit, the criminal trial will be stayed. If accused condition improves and he/she becomes fit to stand trial, the criminal proceedings will continue as if the fitness issue had never arisen. In rejecting this argument, the court stated accused careful steps to conceal the plan indicated that he also knew it was morally wrong end: convicted of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Individuals who no longer pose a significant threat to the safety of the public must be discharged absolutely, even if they exhibit signs of untreated mental illness: federal government recently amended ncr provisions. Judges may make participation in treatment a condition of the probation order or a conditional discharge.
