What is the test for having an operating mind?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Wills, 2006 CanLII 42066 (ON SC):

To have an operating mind, the accused must possess a limited degree of cognitive ability to understand what he or she is saying and what is said, including the ability to understand a caution that the utterance can be used against him or her: Whittle v. The Queen (1994), 1994 CanLII 55 (SCC), 92 C.C.C. (3d) 11 (S.C.C.).

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