R v Parks: Defence of Automatism and Public Safety
It is almost unimaginable that a seemingly normal family man would attack and be charged with the murder of his mother-in-law and the attempted murder of his father-in-law. It is even more unimaginable that the accused in such a crime would be found not guilty by relying on the defence of automatism. This is what occurred in the R v Parks decision, where in 1992, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) found the respondent, Kenneth Parks, to be not guilty for attacking his parents
