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Criminal Law Quiz sobre Criminal Law, criado por Jade Herring em 20-04-2013.
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Questão 1

Questão
The case of Stone v Dobinson [1977] demonstrates a duty can arise in which situations?
Responda
  • Relationship
  • Statute
  • Voluntary Assumption

Questão 2

Questão
In which situations can a person have a duty to act?
Responda
  • Statute, Voluntary Assumption, Law Enforcement, Contract of Employment, Marriage
  • Contract of Employment, Statute, Law Enforcement,. Relationship, Voluntary Relationship, Creating a Dangerous Situation

Questão 3

Questão
What does the case of Dytham [1979] demonstrate?
Responda
  • You can have a duty under a law enforcement
  • You have a duty to act when you see something is not right

Questão 4

Questão
Which cases demonstrate a duty to act through creating a dangerous situation?
Responda
  • Instan [1893]
  • Lewis v CPS [2002]
  • Lowe [1973]
  • Miller [1982]
  • Evans [2009]

Questão 5

Questão
What do you have to do to discharge a duty?
Responda
  • Take reasonable steps
  • Look at the defendants state of mind at the time

Questão 6

Questão
Which case stated that the burden of proof is always on the prosecution?
Responda
  • Woolmington v DPP [1935]
  • Woolmington v DPP [1967]

Questão 7

Questão
Which can held conduct has to be voluntary?
Responda
  • Winzar v CS Working Police Station [1983]
  • Winzar v CC of Kent [1983]

Questão 8

Questão
What generally comes after a word meaning 'causing'? i.e. ocassioning
Responda
  • Circumstance
  • Consequence

Questão 9

Questão
What do you have to prove in causation?
Responda
  • Causation in Fact - BUT-FOR-TEST = White [1910]
  • Causation in Law - SUBSTANTIAL CAUSE = Cheshire [1991]
  • Causation in Law - SUBSTANTIAL = Cheshire [1991] & OPERATING CAUSE.

Questão 10

Questão
What do the cases of Latimer (1866) & Pembilton (1874) demonstrate?
Responda
  • You transfer actus reus from A to B & has to be actus reus of the same crime = transferred malice.
  • You cannot transfer malice until both the mens rea and actus reus have been committed against both the V's.

Questão 11

Questão
What does state of affairs mean?
Responda
  • This is part of the mens rea and the defendants state of mind at the time of their actions
  • This is part of the actus reus and is a word describing some form of conduct

Questão 12

Questão
Which case stated that you can not double transfer transferred malice?
Responda
  • AG Reference (No.3 of 1994) [1997]
  • AG Reference (No.2 of 1994) [1998]

Questão 13

Questão
Unreasonable mistake is what?
Responda
  • Thinking about the risk and unreasonably concluding it would not happen.
  • Thinking about the risk and running it anyway

Questão 14

Questão
Principle of Contemporaneity - Which cases represent mens rea prior to actus reus?
Responda
  • Miller [1982]
  • Thabo Meli [1954]
  • Lowe [1973]
  • Church [1965]
  • Fagan v MPC [1969]
  • Le Brun [1991]

Questão 15

Questão
What is negligence?
Responda
  • Failing to take reasonable steps
  • Failing to take reasonable care

Questão 16

Questão
What is it called when a person fails to give reasonable thought to a risk when a reasonable person would have been aware of the risk?
Responda
  • Unreasonable Interference
  • Unreasonable Inadvertance

Questão 17

Questão
What happened in the case of White [1910]?
Responda
  • Put poison in the V's drink causing them to suffer a heart attack & die. Guilty for murder as his actions caused the V's death.
  • Put poison in the V's drink causing them to suffer a heart attack & die. Was not the cause of her death = causation was missing & so wasn't guilty of murder. Guilty of attempted murder.

Questão 18

Questão
Principle of Contemporaneity - Which cases represent the actus reus occurring prior to the mens rea?
Responda
  • Fagan v MPC [1969]
  • Le Brun [1991]
  • Miller [1992]
  • Church [1965]
  • Miller [1982]

Questão 19

Questão
The mens rea of intention is split in to two: these two are?
Responda
  • Direct & Oblique
  • Direct & Opaque

Questão 20

Questão
If the defendant intends a consequence, if they desire it, it is their purpose or aim - this is ... intention?
Responda
  • Direct
  • Oblique

Questão 21

Questão
Can a defendant be found to have intended a circumstance even if they have not aimed for the consequence to occur?
Responda
  • Yes - Virtually certain
  • No

Questão 22

Questão
Which case stated that you can be guilty of murder if the defendant knew/realised death or GBH was virtually certain?
Responda
  • Woolinmington v DPP [1935]
  • Woollin [1998]

Questão 23

Questão
Oblique intention is a ... test
Responda
  • Objective
  • Subjective

Questão 24

Questão
Negligence is a ... test.
Responda
  • Objective
  • Subjective

Questão 25

Questão
Intention is a ... test.
Responda
  • Subbjective
  • Objective

Questão 26

Questão
Virtual certainty of a consequence is evidence of intention states...
Responda
  • Nedrick [1986]
  • Nedrick [1985]

Questão 27

Questão
Maloney [1985] set out what?
Responda
  • Forseeing something as a natural consequence is evidence of intention.
  • Forseeing something as a natural consequence cannot be evidence of intention

Questão 28

Questão
R v Smith [1974] was about what?
Responda
  • Mistake of fact - defendant damaged property believing it was his own
  • Mistake of law - defendant damaged property believing it was his own

Questão 29

Questão
A consequence has to be highly probable for intention states...
Responda
  • Maloney [1985]
  • Hancock [1986]

Questão 30

Questão
G [2003] defined recklessness as...
Responda
  • 'A person acts recklessly with respect to...a) circumstance when he is aware of a risk that it exists or will exists...b) a result when he is aware that it will occur & it is, in the circumstances known to him, unreasonable to take that risk.'
  • 'A person acts reckless is he does an act which creates an obvious & serious risk that property will be destroyed or damaged & either a) recognised there was some risk but nevertheless went on to do it or b) gave no thought to the possibility of there being such a risk.'

Questão 31

Questão
G [2003] took back the definition of recklessness in which cases?
Responda
  • Cunningham [1957] - meaning of recklessness (if aware of the risk)
  • Brady [2010] - test - was what they did unjustifiable?
  • Adomako [1994] - test - was it objective?
  • Brady [2006] - test - was what they did unjustifiable?

Questão 32

Questão
Which cases demonstrated a mistake of fact? (must relate to element in the AR)
Responda
  • DPP v Santana Bermudez [2003]
  • DPP v Morgan [1976]
  • DPP v B (A minor) [2000]

Questão 33

Questão
Why did G [2003] find Caldwell's definition of recklessness wrong altogether?
Responda
  • The subjective test ran counter to the principles of mens rea & should revert to having an objective test
  • The objective test ran counter to the principles of mens rea & should revert to having an subjective test

Questão 34

Questão
Wounding or causing GBH with intent is under which section of the Offences Against the Person Act?
Responda
  • S.20
  • S.18

Questão 35

Questão
Wounding or Causing GBH, under s.20 OAPA can be committed...
Responda
  • Negligently
  • Recklessly

Questão 36

Questão
Assault Ocassioning Actual Bodily Harm is under which section & what doesn't the act involve?
Responda
  • S.18. ABH doesn't involve wounding or intent
  • S.47. ABH doesn't involve GBH or wound

Questão 37

Questão
'Intentionally or recklessly inflicting unlawful force or violence on V without consent' is what?
Responda
  • Physical Assault (Battery)
  • Psychic Assault (Assault)

Questão 38

Questão
'Intentionally or recklessly causing V to apprehend immediate & unlawful force or violence' is what?
Responda
  • Psychic Assault (Assault)
  • Physical Assault (Battery)

Questão 39

Questão
A common law battery is touching someone and causing an injury
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 40

Questão
A battery...
Responda
  • only involves proof of contact, no injury.
  • involves proof of contact causing an injury

Questão 41

Questão
A battery has to be in some form hostile or agressive
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 42

Questão
Which case stated that the contact for a battery has to be unlawful else the actus reus is not complete?
Responda
  • Fagan v MPC [1969]
  • Williams (Gladstone) [1987]

Questão 43

Questão
Which case stated that you cannot commit an assault by omission?
Responda
  • Fagan v MPC [1969]
  • DPP v Santana Bermudez [2003]

Questão 44

Questão
An assault can occur
Responda
  • By frightening someone
  • By making them fear something is going to happen

Questão 45

Questão
Assault - Which case stated that words can negate apprehension?
Responda
  • Turberville v Savage (1669)
  • Constanza [1997]
  • Ireland v Burstow [1998]
  • Smith v CS of Working (1983)

Questão 46

Questão
What did Ireland v Burstow [1998] prove?
Responda
  • Silence cannot negate an assault.
  • Silence can negate an assault.

Questão 47

Questão
Can an assault occur through words?
Responda
  • No - Constanza [1997]
  • Yes - Constanza [1997]

Questão 48

Questão
What happened in the case of Smith v CS of Working [1983]
Responda
  • an assault occurred because the defendant was on the other side of the window and this was classed as sufficiently imminent
  • an assault didn't occur because the defendant was on the other side of the window and therefore couldn't touch the V immediately and just frightened the V.

Questão 49

Questão
A fear of violence 'within a minute or two' might be sufficient to constitute an assault stated...
Responda
  • Lord Diplock in Ireland [1997]
  • Lord Steyn in Ireland [1997]

Questão 50

Questão
The fact that a defendant did not intend to carry out an attack against the V does not mean he didn't constitute an assault. Which case?
Responda
  • Logdon v DPP [1976]
  • Lowe [1973]

Questão 51

Questão
Williams (Gladstone) [1987] proved that assault was...
Responda
  • a strict liability crime
  • a full mens rea offence

Questão 52

Questão
What is the mens rea of S.18 Wounding with Intent
Responda
  • An intent to wound
  • An intent to cause GBH

Questão 53

Questão
Foresight that serious harm would probably not happen is not the same as an intention to cause GBH - must have ulterior intent (mens rea specifies more than you have to do to commit actus reus)
Responda
  • Bryony [1985]
  • Bryson [1985]

Questão 54

Questão
The actus reus of S.20 Wounding is: the defendant unlawfully either:
Responda
  • Wounded
  • Inflicted Grevious Bodily Harm
  • Wounded with intent
  • Inflicted Actual Bodily Harm

Questão 55

Questão
S.20 - GBH is 'really serious bodily harm' states:
Responda
  • DPP v Morgan [1961]
  • DPP v Smith [1961]

Questão 56

Questão
Ireland v Burstow [1998] set out that psychological injuries can fall under s.20 IF...
Responda
  • The V was really frightened
  • It was a recognisable psychological condition

Questão 57

Questão
Under S.47 you need to show that the def. intended or foresaw actual bodily harm
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 58

Questão
Under s.20 OAPA, for the mens rea, it is necessary to show that the defendant intended or foresaw that the V would suffer GBH
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 59

Questão
C v Eisenhower [1984] stated a wound is...
Responda
  • a break in the continuity of the whole of the skin.
  • a scratch that draws blood

Questão 60

Questão
The court has held when assessing whether injuries are 'really serious' to constitute GBH, the impact of the injuries on a particular V must be taken in to account states:
Responda
  • Saunders [1985]
  • Rupert [1974]
  • Bollom [2003]

Questão 61

Questão
Can S.20 involve VERY serious psychological harm?
Responda
  • No - Burstow [1998]
  • Yes - Burstow [1998]

Questão 62

Questão
Chan-Fook [1994] stated that harm...
Responda
  • need not be permanent, but it should 'not be so trivial as to be wholly insignificant.'
  • must be permanent and enough to be 'wholly significant'

Questão 63

Questão
DDP v Smith [2006] is about
Responda
  • a womans ponytail being cut off = held to be ABH as no need to show pain because harm includes hurt or damage. Court emphasised hair was an intrinsic part to the identify of individual.
  • a campaign of domestic violence where the def had caused the V to suffer severe psychological harm but this wasn't concluded as an actual recognised illness.

Questão 64

Questão
Ireland v Burstow [1998] set out that psychological injuries can fall under s.20 IF...
Responda
  • The V was really frightened
  • It was a recognisable psychological condition

Questão 65

Questão
What happened in the case of Saunders [1985]? (S.20 OAPA)
Responda
  • approached a stranger sitting at the roadside. Asked him what his problem was and he was attacked breaking his nose and suffering other injuries.
  • approached a stranger sitting at the roadside. asked him what his problem was and he said there wasn't one. punched him in face breaking nose & suffering other injuries.

Questão 66

Questão
Mens rea for s.20 is that def must intend or foresee (Cunningham Reckless). Not necessary to show def. believed would cause the V harm. Enough to prove he believed he MIGHT. This point stressed in?
Responda
  • Rush (1994) & DPP v A [2001]
  • Rushmore (1992) & DPP v A [2001]

Questão 67

Questão
Sufficient that the def intended or could forsee some harm will result from actions was proved in...
Responda
  • Savage v Parmenter [1982]
  • Savage v Parmenter [1992]

Questão 68

Questão
What is actual bodily harm?
Responda
  • 'any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort' of the V - Donovan [1934]
  • 'any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort' of the V - Chan-Fook [1994]

Questão 69

Questão
Even though technically these could involve ABH, the Crown Prosecution Guidelines recommend charging as battery:
Responda
  • grazes, minor bruising, scratches, abrasions, swellings, reddening of the skin, superficial cuts, a 'black eye'
  • major bruising, distress, cuts, drawing blood, swellings, a 'black eye'

Questão 70

Questão
What is the actus reus of murder?
Responda
  • Unlawful killing of another under the queen's peace
  • Unlawful killing of another person under the queen's peace

Questão 71

Questão
Which case set out that a victim of murder has to be a person?
Responda
  • AG Reference (No.4 of 1992) [1998]
  • AG Reference (No.3 of 1994) [1998]

Questão 72

Questão
Murder is not unlawful if done in self-defence
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 73

Questão
Does causation have to be proven in murder?
Responda
  • Yes
  • No

Questão 74

Questão
What happened in the case of R v Blaue [1975]?
Responda
  • V was extremely drunk and ran away from def who was assaulting him - died when feel in to a gutter & was hit by a car.
  • Girl refused blood transfusion due to her religion after being stabbed by the def 4 times.

Questão 75

Questão
What is the Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996 about?
Responda
  • It is now the law that a defendant is liable for murder only if the V died within a year and a day of the def's actions.
  • It used to be the law that the def would be liable for murder only if the V died within a year and a day of the def's actions & this act abolished the rule as it gave rise to difficulties.

Questão 76

Questão
In which case did the V, who was extremely drunk, run away from the def who was assaulting him and died when V fell in gutter & was hit by a car?
Responda
  • Corbett [2000]
  • Corbett [1996]
  • Corbett [1998]
  • Corbett [1975]

Questão 77

Questão
In which case was the mens rea of murder established?
Responda
  • Caldwell [1981] - def did not intend to kill but intended to cause GBH = sufficient for murder conviction.
  • Cunningham [1982] - def did not intend to kill but intended to cause GBH = sufficient for murder conviction.

Questão 78

Questão
In what circumstances will the def remain liable for causing the death of V when something intervened between D's conduct & death?
Responda
  • Medical intervention (Cheshire [1991]); V refuses medical treatment (R v Blaue [1975]); D's conduct still operative (Blaue); Reasonable attempt to escape by V (Roberts; Corbett [1996])
  • V ran away and suffered a heart attack (Cheshire [1991]); Failure of medical intervention by medical staff; D's conduct is operative (Blaue); Def committed an assault made worse by a third party

Questão 79

Questão
Prior to the mens rea of murder we use now, what was it known as beforehand that was deemed misleading?
Responda
  • Malice anafterthought
  • Malice aforethought

Questão 80

Questão
Intention to kill (express malice) & intention to inflict GBH (implied malice) - which mindset has to be in use for the mens rea of murder?
Responda
  • Both at the same time
  • Intention to kill
  • Intention to inflict GBH
  • Either one must be in use

Questão 81

Questão
Def may not have acted with the purpose of killing or causing GBH but it was an extremely likely result of the def's actions. This was set out in?
Responda
  • Woollin [1999] - tested subjectively (def knew, wanted, desired). Jury may fin intention only if the death or GBH was a virtually certain result.
  • Cunningham [1982] - tested subjectively (def knew, wanted, desired). Jury may fin intention only if the death or GBH was a virtually certain result.

Questão 82

Questão
What is voluntary manslaughter?
Responda
  • Where murder is reduced to manslaughter
  • The same as murder

Questão 83

Questão
Murder will be reduced to voluntary manslaughter in which of these circumstances?
Responda
  • Involuntary Intoxication
  • Abnormality of mental functioning (diminished responsibility)
  • Insanity
  • A loss of self-control

Questão 84

Questão
The 3 mens rea's of involuntary manslaughter are...
Responda
  • Intending to do unlawful/dangerous act (Constructive Manslaughter)
  • Negligence
  • Recklessness
  • Gross Negligence
  • Intention

Questão 85

Questão
AG Reference (No.3 of 1994) [1998] found that for a person to be guilty of constructive manslaughter, it must be proved they performed an act which was:
Responda
  • Negligent, dangerous, caused the death of the V
  • Unlawful, negligent, caused the death of the V
  • Unlawful, dangerous, caused the death of the V

Questão 86

Questão
R v MD [2004] set out what?
Responda
  • If there is a desire or purpose to intend to kill or cause GBH, don't have to use Woollin. Virtual certainty does not need to be discussed if def had direct intent.
  • Virtual certainty still needs to be discussed even if the def had a desire or purpose to intend to kill or cause GBH as you need to look at whether the reasonable person would have been aware of the risk.

Questão 87

Questão
The Court concluded a negligent omission was not sufficient for constructive manslaughter in which case?
Responda
  • Pittwood (1902)
  • Lowe [1973]

Questão 88

Questão
Which cases demonstrated that an unlawful act, under constructive manslaughter, need not be against a person?
Responda
  • AG Reference (No.3 of 1994) [1998] & Dhaliwal [2006]
  • AG Reference (No.4 of 1994) [1998] & Dalby [1982]

Questão 89

Questão
The cases of DPP v Newbury [1976] & Goodfellow [1986] proved what?
Responda
  • An offence against property is not successful under constructive manslaughter
  • An offence against property is successful is caused the death of V

Questão 90

Questão
Under constructive manslaughter, the unlawful act must be a crime for it to succeed. In which case did the prosecution fail for constructive manslaughter because there was no unlawful crime?
Responda
  • Dhaliwal [2006] - husband was abusive to wife causing severe emotional trauma = committed suicide. Psychological damage is not a crime or unlawful act.
  • Goodfellow [1986] - husband was abusive to wife causing severe emotional trauma = committed suicide. Psychological damage is not a crime or unlawful act.

Questão 91

Questão
Which case defined 'dangerous' as something likely to cause harm (Constructive Manslaughter)?
Responda
  • Dalby [1982]
  • Goodfellow [1986]
  • Church [1966]

Questão 92

Questão
Dangerousness is to be tested objectively - not need to show def was aware act was dangerous; question is whether a reasonable person would appreciate its dangerous. This point was demonstrated in?
Responda
  • Dawson (1985)
  • Dalby (1982)

Questão 93

Questão
What set of facts are correct for the case of Watson [1989]?
Responda
  • The V was a frail 87 year old man & def broke in to his house. Man had serious heart condition, suffered a heart attack & died. This wouldn't have been foreseeable to the reasonable person just because of the age of the man. The man wasn't convicted because of this reason.
  • The V was a frail 87 year old man & def broke in to his house. Man had serious heart condition, suffered a heart attack & died. This would have been foreseeable because of frailty of the old man. The def wasn't convicted because wasn't enough evidence to link burglary to heart attack.

Questão 94

Questão
Why was the def found guilty in the case of Rogers [2003]?
Responda
  • Supplied the V with heroin with the knowledge the V would administer it & had a weak heart.
  • Prepared the heroin & applied the tourniquet to V's arm then V self-injected.

Questão 95

Questão
What is the difference between the decision in Dias [2002] & Finlay [2003]?
Responda
  • In Dias the def was not found guilty, even though purchased heroin & prepared syringe for V, because the V broke the chain by administering it themselves. In Finlay the def was not guilty because it was not reasonably foreseeable that the V would administer the heroin straight away when it was prepared.
  • In Dias the def was not found guilty, even though purchased heroin & prepared syringe for V, because the V broke the chain by administering it themselves. In Finlay the def was liable as self-injection didn't break chain as was reasonably foreseeable.

Questão 96

Questão
Def killed V foreseeing a risk of death or serious injury is...
Responda
  • Subjective Negligence Manslaughter
  • Subjective Recklessness Manslaughter

Questão 97

Questão
In the case of Carey [2006], where a girl ran away & suffered a heart attack due to unknown heart condition, why could the def not be convicted under constructive manslaughter?
Responda
  • It wasn't the unlawful, dangerous act that caused the death of the V (the punch) - it was the affray because the def's behaviour caused the V to run away. Reasonable person would not have realised this was likely to cause physical injury.
  • It wasn't know to the def that the V had a weak heart and that her behaviour would cause the V to suffer a heart attack and therefore the link was missing between the actus reus & mens rea.

Questão 98

Questão
The unlawful & dangerous act must cause the death of the V. However this was overlooked in the case of ...
Responda
  • Cato [1987] - def supplied heroin to V & with consent he administered it - V died from overdose. CA held that the unlawful act was the possession of the drugs, not the administration which caused the death. Therefore link was missing.
  • Cato [1976] - def supplied heroin to V & with consent he administered it - V died from overdose. CA held that the unlawful act was the possession of the drugs, not the administration which caused the death. Therefore link was missing.

Questão 99

Questão
Which case set definition of subjective recklessness?
Responda
  • Caldwell [1981]
  • R v G [2003]

Questão 100

Questão
In which case did 2 young doctors admit medication wrongly resulting in death?
Responda
  • Adomako [1994]
  • Singh [1999]

Questão 101

Questão
In which case did the def set fire to his house killing wife, son & other woman as a scam because he wanted to move from his council house but couldn't? REALISING A RISK, HOWEVER SLIGHT, OF PHYSICAL INJURY.
Responda
  • Lidar [2000]
  • Goodfellow (1986)

Questão 102

Questão
Gross negligence is a ... test
Responda
  • Subjective
  • Objective

Questão 103

Questão
Misra & Srivastava [2004] confirmed what degree of risk for gross negligence manslaughter?
Responda
  • Must be a risk of GBH
  • Must be a risk of death

Questão 104

Questão
Gross Negligence isn't just negligence, it is serious negligence. Therefore there are 4 elements which are:
Responda
  • D owed duty of care towards V; D breached the duty; Breach caused V's death; Breach (negligence) so gross as to amount to crime.
  • D owed duty of care to V; D breached the duty; Breach caused injury; Breach was negligent

Questão 105

Questão
In Evans [2009] the def supplied sister with heroin. She began to exhibit signs of overdose but def & mother did not call medical assistance = V died. Why was the sister under a duty to act & had a duty of care?
Responda
  • Due to the relationship (sisters).
  • Because she created a dangerous situation

Questão 106

Questão
A subjective state of mind isn't relevant for Gross Negligence as it is an objective test. However, if there is gross negligence, the state of mind can be relevant because it can make that negligence gross - awareness of the risk could tip the balance. Demonstrated in?
Responda
  • R (On Application of Rowley) v DPP [2003]
  • R (On Application of Rowley) v DPP [1991]

Questão 107

Questão
Why was there a conviction of manslaughter in Singh [1999]?
Responda
  • Def followed up complaints about a defective gas fire within a lodging house he run with his father. Contact a gas fitter who did not reasonably foresee that there was a problem with carbon monoxide and caused the death of a lodger.
  • Def followed up complaints about defective gas fire within a lodging house he run with his father other than to inspect it himself. Lodger died of carbon monoxide poisoning from the fire.

Questão 108

Questão
Actus reus of criminal damage is...
Responda
  • destruction to property belonging to another person without lawful excuse
  • destruction of or damage to property belonging to another without lawful excuse
  • damage of property belonging to another without lawful excuse
  • destruction of or damage to property belonging to another person without lawful excuse

Questão 109

Questão
Why was there no criminal damage in the case of A (A Juvenile) v R [1978]?
Responda
  • Spitting on a policeman's coat was held to be an assault not criminal damage
  • Spitting on a policeman's coat was held not to be criminal damage because of the coats material

Questão 110

Questão
What happened in the case of Fiak [2005]
Responda
  • Def flooded a police cell by blocking a toilet = resulting in criminal damage
  • Def pulled his bed apart in a police cell = resulting in criminal damage

Questão 111

Questão
Which section of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 sets out the definition of criminal damage?
Responda
  • S.2(1)
  • S.4(1)
  • S.1(1)
  • S.3(1)

Questão 112

Questão
In what case did the def do a karate kick believing no harm would be done & smashed a window? = no mens rea - not guilty.
Responda
  • Avon v Shimmen [1986]
  • Denton [1982]

Questão 113

Questão
Painting on a pavement is criminal damage demonstrated the case of...
Responda
  • Hardman v CC of Avon [1986]
  • Hardman v CC of Avon [1968]

Questão 114

Questão
In which case did the def jump on a policeman's hat resulting in conviction of criminal damage?
Responda
  • A (A Juvenile) v R [1978]
  • Samuels v Stubbs [1972]
  • Hardman v CC of Avon [1986]

Questão 115

Questão
What happened in the case of Fiak [2005]
Responda
  • Def flooded a police cell by blocking a toilet = resulting in criminal damage
  • Def pulled his bed apart in a police cell = resulting in criminal damage

Questão 116

Questão
In what case did a hacker access an academic network, delete/add files, left messages & change passwords? Proving need not be tangible property for criminal damage.
Responda
  • Whiteley [1991]
  • Whiteley [1996]

Questão 117

Questão
Property & Belonging to Another is under which section of the Criminal Damage Act 1971
Responda
  • S.6
  • S.10
  • S.4
  • S.11

Questão 118

Questão
Def intended or was reckless as to damaging property belonging to another is the mens rea for which crime?
Responda
  • Aggrivated Criminal Damage
  • Criminal Damage

Questão 119

Questão
Without lawful (belief in consent - mens rea for criminal damage) is under which section of the Criminal Damage Act 1971?
Responda
  • S.6(2)(a)
  • S.5(2)(a)

Questão 120

Questão
Without lawful excuse is demonstrated in the case of... where the def set fire to machinery after being asked by his employer to do so.
Responda
  • Denton [1999]
  • Denton [1982]

Questão 121

Questão
Without lawful excuse is demonstrated in the case of... where the def set fire to machinery after being asked by his employer to do so.
Responda
  • Denton [1999]
  • Denton [1982]

Questão 122

Questão
The case of Blake v DPP [1993] stated what?
Responda
  • belief in god's consent is not enough
  • belief in god's consent is enough

Questão 123

Questão
Without lawful excuse is a defence to property under which section of the Criminal Damage Act 1971?
Responda
  • S.5(2)(b)
  • S.5(2)(c)
  • S.5(2)(a)

Questão 124

Questão
Under S.5(2)(b) (without lawful excuse defence to property) - the def must be arguing the damage was done in order to protect the property belonging to the def or another believing two things... What are they?
Responda
  • Property is in need of immediate protection & Means adopted are reasonable in all circumstances
  • Property was deemed dangerous & means adopted are reasonable in all circumstances

Questão 125

Questão
What happened in the case of Hunt (1978)?
Responda
  • Def set fire to bedding in block of flats to demonstrate inadequacy of fire alarms = no defence. Did it to show inadequacy of fire alarms not to protect the property.
  • Def set fire to bedding in block of flats to demonstrate inadequacy of fire alarms = defence. By proving the inadequacy of the fire alarms - protecting property.

Questão 126

Questão
In what case did the mother and another person break in to the child's fathers house to remove the child believing the child was at risk? (Child not property)
Responda
  • Baker & Wilkinson [1997]
  • Baker & Wilkins [1997]

Questão 127

Questão
What is aggrivated criminal damage?
Responda
  • Damage done to property during a burglary
  • Same as criminal damage except property doesn't have to belong to another

Questão 128

Questão
Can aggrivated criminal damage be committed by the defendant damaging his own property?
Responda
  • Yes
  • No

Questão 129

Questão
The case of Sangha [1988] proved what?
Responda
  • Def caused fire in a flat that, unbeknown to him, no one was in. However, a reasonable person would have thought there was a risk = doesn't have to be an endangerment.
  • Def caused fire in a flat that, unbeknown to him, no one was in. However, a reasonable person would have thought there was a risk = does have to be an endangerment to life.

Questão 130

Questão
What is the mens rea of aggrivated criminal damage?
Responda
  • must be shown that def intended to destroy or damage property & must show def intended or was reckless to endangerment of a life due to criminal damage.
  • must be shown that def intended or was reckless in destroying or damaging property & must show def intended or was reckless to endangerment of a life due to criminal damage.

Questão 131

Questão
Steer [1987] proved that
Responda
  • there has to be the risk of endangerment from the criminal damage
  • that endangerment must be a result of the criminal damage

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