Supreme Court Restores Man’s Acquittal for Magic Mushroom-Fuelled Attack

Supreme Court Restores Man’s Acquittal for Magic Mushroom-Fuelled Attack
The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s highest court has restored the acquittal of a Calgary man who consumed alcohol and magic mushrooms and then violently attacked a woman while in a state of extreme intoxication.

The Supreme Court rendered judgments today for three cases that considered whether people who commit certain violent crimes can use the defence of automatism⁠—a state of extreme intoxication to the point where they lost control of themselves.