Elements of a crime

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Elements of a crime
  1. ACTUS REUS
    1. 'the guilty act' although can be an act, a state of affairs or a failure to act
      1. A Failure to Act
        1. No liability unless there is a duty to act
          1. Parental/Family Duty
            1. Gibbons and Procter 1918
            2. Contractual Duty
              1. Pitwood 1902
              2. Voluntary Assumption of Duty
                1. Stone and Dobinson 1977
                2. Creation of a Dangerous Situation
                  1. Miller 1983
                  2. Duty of a Public Office
                    1. Dytham 1979
                3. State of Affairs
              3. MENS REA
                1. 'The guilty mind' - the state of mind of D at time of crime. Needed for all crimes except strict liability offences.
                  1. Intent
                    1. Direct
                      1. Also called specific intent - a decision to bring about the consequence even if the consequence was not what D desired.
                      2. Oblique
                        1. Where D may have a specific purpose and is prepared to risk a different consequence to get it.
                      3. Recklessness
                        1. When D knowingly takes an unjustifiable risk - knowing harm could be caused and proceeding anyway
                        2. Gross Negligence
                          1. Where D's actions went beyond that of mere compensation and showed such disregard to the health and safety of others as to amount to a crime.
                          2. Transferred Malice
                            1. Where D has committed the actus reus but the victim differs from the one intended. Offence must be same for victim as intended victim.
                        3. CAUSATION
                          1. causation in fact
                            1. prosecution must show that D's act was the factual cause of the consequence
                              1. White 1910
                            2. causation in law
                              1. where there is more than one cause of the consequence, prosecution must show that D's actions were an a substantial cause
                                1. Cheshire 1991
                              2. Must be a chain of causation linking D's actions and the consequence. Chain of causation can be broken by:
                                1. Victim's own actions
                                  1. Roberts 1971
                                  2. Medical Treatment
                                    1. Jordan 1956
                                    2. 'Eggshell Skull' Rule
                                      1. Blaue 1975
                                      2. Any act that breaks the chain is known as novus actus interveniens
                                    3. Coincidence of Actus Reus and Mens Rea - Contemperaneity Rule
                                      1. For D to be found guilty it must be shown that actus reus and mens rea coincided at some point.
                                        1. Continuing Acts
                                          1. D is guilty if actus reus and mens rea are both present at some time in the chain of events.
                                            1. Fagan v MPC 1968
                                          2. Chain of Events
                                            1. Where the actus reus is a continuing act and mens rea occurs at some stage.
                                              1. Thabo Mali 1954
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