R v Ruzic
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r-v-ruzic-314-8228278
title:
R v Ruzic
text:
R v Ruzic, [2001] 1 SCR 687 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the common law defence of duress and constitutionality of the defence under section 17 of the Criminal Code. The Court held that section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires that the defence of duress be available to an accused even when they were not under immediate threat of bodily harm at the time the offence was committed.
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Ruzic
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date modified:
2017-11-26T19:13:49Z
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