Identify the ELEMENTS of the defence (by reading one or more precedent cases) and provide SCRIPT for your group to identify and explain these elements to the class. Do not hand in the script; deliver it orally.

a) Is the Defence a Common law defence, or is it in the Criminal Code?

b) What does case law say the elements of the defence are?

c) What is your case about? Introduce the case to the class. What facts in your case support/pre-empt application of the defence? These should be highlighted in questioning.

d) Why does this defence matter to our society? What social/legal problems does it highlight?

The case is:

1. Carrie is an alcoholic. One night she consumed so much alcohol that she lost all awareness of what she was doing - she says. While in this "blanked-out" state, she apparently suffocated her 2-year old toddler, Maryam. Carrie is charged with murder.

Please help me with this thanks