What is the defence of defence in the context of a motion of general public opinion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v Nguyen, 2017 BCSC 1918 (CanLII):
The defence relies on The Queen v. O'Brien, 1954 CanLII 42 (SCC), [1954] S.C.R. 666, at paras. 7 and 11, and the comments of Rand J. at para. 21.
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