The appellant was convicted of second degree murder after stabbing his common-law wife.
At trial, he raised the defence of extreme intoxication, claiming he had no memory of the events due to alcohol consumption.
The trial judge instructed the jury using a one-step charge focusing on actual intent rather than capacity to form intent.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, holding that the trial judge's instructions on the defence of intoxication were adequate and that a one-step charge focusing only on actual intent should be used in all future charges on intoxication.
