R. v. Honish, 1993 CanLII 156 (SCC), [1993] 1 SCR 458

Eugene Honish Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Indexed as: R. v. Honish

File No.: 22739.

1993: February 2.

Present: Lamer C.J. and La Forest, Sopinka, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for alberta

Criminal law ‑‑ Defences ‑‑ Issue of self‑induced intoxication resulting in automatism not live here ‑‑ Case of intoxication.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (1991), 1991 ABCA 304, 85 Alta. L.R. (2d) 129, 120 A.R. 223, 68 C.C.C. (3d) 329, [1992] 3 W.W.R. 45, 36 M.V.R. (2d) 295, 14 W.C.B. (2d) 570, 8 W.A.C. 223, dismissing an appeal from conviction by Pinard J. Appeal dismissed.

Alexander D. Pringle, Q.C., for the appellant.

Jack Watson, for the respondent.

//Lamer C.J.//

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

Lamer C.J. ‑‑ Whether self‑induced intoxication resulting in automatism is or is not a defence, that issue is not live in this case, as we agree with the trial judge's finding of fact that this is merely a case of intoxication.

The appeal is dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Pringle, Renouf & Associates, Edmonton.

Solicitor for the respondent: The Attorney General for Alberta, Edmonton.