criminal-law
Can the conduct of victim have an effect on the guilt of the accused?
<p>Are there any such cases where the conduct of victim can justify or at least cause a not guilty verdict? Or, is it a general rule that non-criminal conduct of victim cannot justify the actions of the accused in a trial?</p>

<p>Your question is very broad, but yes, there innumerable ways that the actions of a victim/complainant can result in a not-guilty verdict. I'll list some.</p>
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<li><p>Contemporaneous consent to contact. If the victim/complainant consented to the contact, then the offence of assault or sexual assault will not have been committed.</p>
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<li><p>Self-defence. If the victim gave the accused reasonable grounds to believe that the victim was about to use force against the accused, then depending on the circumstances, it might not be an offence for the accused to take certain actions against the victim for the purpose of defending themself (the accused).</p>
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<li><p>The provocation defence that is based on conduct of the victim. See <em>Criminal Code</em>, <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-232.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">s. 232</a>, which can result in a not-guilty verdict for murder.</p>
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