R v Nette
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r-v-nette-282-315206
title:
R v Nette
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R v Nette, 2001 SCC 78 is a Supreme Court of Canada decision on the standard for causation in criminal offences. The Court upheld the "Smithers test" for causation in a criminal charge for manslaughter or murder, but held the test for causation for second degree murder need not be expressed as "a contributing cause of death, outside the de minimis range". Instead, it would be preferable to use positive terms such as "significant contributing cause". In the case of first degree murder under secti
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Nette
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2022-04-26T07:02:15Z
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