[blindlaw] What kinds of questions can you ask on this list?

[Blaine Deutscher]

and what does inevitable mean? I went to dictionary.com and it said that 
there was nothing with that found. Thanks.
Blaine
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Good afternoon,

Note: I am not a lawyer.

In Canada, where all criminal law is federal, the only defence to assault 
(regardless of the target) is inevitable action or self defence.  An action 
provoked by intoxication is not considered to be inevitable, as it was not 
inevitable that the defendant become intoxicated.

I am not aware of any case law, but I would imagine that if the defendant 
became intoxicated unwillingly, and if the act was seen to be inevitable, 
that it may constitute a defence to assault.

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On 2010-09-15, at 10:20 AM, Blaine Deutscher wrote:

> by the way, I'm not the person who did this. just wanted to clarify that
> one.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Blaine Deutscher" <b.m.deutscher at sasktel.net>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:15 AM
> Subject: [blindlaw] What kinds of questions can you ask on this list?
>
>
> Hello there.
>
> I was wondering what kinds of questions a person can ask on this list? I
> know people don't want to give free legal advice but if it's a one answer
> question like I'd seek a lawyer or I think you might have a good case on
> your hands then what kinds of questions can you ask on here? The last
> sinario that I sent, after looking it over, had a lot of open ended areas.
> the original question, this was in a Canadian Law class but would be
> interesting to find out a little about how other states do things if there
> is a website that can give me general laws about their state, or titles of
> books that people can pick up to learn about different areas of the US 
> Legal
> system, I'd be interested in learning about them. the sinario that I wrote
> in about was you and a friend are at a bar having a few drinks and being a
> little foolish. You start by joking around and you start punching each
> other, not full out but a playful come on give it to me attitude. As 
> you're
> doing this a police officer comes up and puts his hand on your shoulder 
> and
> says "Okay you've asked for it" and you turn around and punch him. Now 
> there
> are a few things that come up with this. did the bouncer or bar tender ask
> you to stop previously giving you ample opportunity to stop playing 
> around?
> Why didn't the bouncer kick you and your friend out of the bar instead 
> they
> called the police right away? How much alcohol had you consumed? This is a
> very interesting question as DUI's come up a lot in my age group, 18-25, 
> so
> I'm always curious with what my rights are if I'm ever that drunk that a
> police officer has to be called. You dont' have to ansewr this just was
> wondering what, in your state, would you be guilty and if there is any 
> more
> information needed to explain yourself if there is a website that I can 
> read
> up on it more that would be greatly appreciated. Have a great day, work 
> hard
> and play harder.
>
> Blaine
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