Is there any case law where a defendant has to resort to the "four corners" of the Criminal Code?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. D.T., 2012 ONSC 2166 (CanLII):
Certainty in criminal law and a sound expectation of criminal liability comes from resorting to the four corners of the statute enacted by parliament (Frey v. Fedoruk, 1950 CanLII 24 (SCC), [1950] S.C.J. No. 21 at p. 12). While the conduct of D.T. would by most be seen as unconscionable, that does not necessarily make it criminal, nor the complainant, on this evidence, any less a potentially willing participant. Issue Three
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