80 and Over: Section 320.14(1)(b)

• Author: Karen Jokinen/Peter Keen
• Pages: 17-28

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80 and Over:

Section

320.14(1)(b)

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I. Introduction ............................................. 18

II. The Legislation ........................................... 18

III. The Actus Reus and Mens Rea .............................. 19

IV. Basic Concepts ........................................... 19

A. Blood Alcohol Concentration: Absorption and

Elimination ........................................ 19

B. The Canadian Alcohol Per Se Limit of 80 Milligrams

of Alcohol per 100 Millilitres of Blood ................... 20

V. Changes and Their Justication .............................. 21

A. Simplifying the Oence by Making the Time of

Oence the Same as the Time of Testing ................ 22

VI. Transitional Cases—Presumption of Identity ................... 23

A. Criminalizing Bolus Drinking .......................... 23

B. Criminalizing Intervening Drinking ..................... 24

C. Criminalizing Readings Between 80 and 89 .............. 25

VII. Onus of Proof and the Defence of “Innocent Drinking” .......... 26

VIII. Conclusion .............................................. 28

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