Actus reus Flashcards
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Conduct crimes
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Crime where guilty act is prohibited conduct
S.5 (a) Road Traffic Act 1988: Criminal offence to drive over alcohol limit
S.170 Road Traffic Act 1988: Criminal offence to fail to stop at scene of an accident
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Consequence Crimes
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Crime where actus reus must result in a consequence before it is a crime
S.47 offences against person act 1861: Must be an application or threat of unlawful force which results in ABH, no injury no crime
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Circumstance crimes
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Crimes where actus reus exists when a state of affairs exists, meaning particular set of circumstances, being something rather than doing
Winzar v Chief Constable of Kent, D on highway drunk, circumstance of being drunk on highway satisfied
R v larsonneur D deported illegally
