Automatism Flashcards
1
Q
Lord Denning Quote
A
“Act which is done by the muscles without any control by the mind, such as spasm, reflex, action or convulsion, not conscious of what they’re doing”
2
Q
AG Reference No.2
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Must destroy all voluntary control
3
Q
Bratty (Automatism)
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Must be a total lack of awareness
4
Q
Hill v Baxter
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Bees can amount to an external factor
5
Q
Coley
A
Drugs that are self induces cannot be used
6
Q
Majewski
A
Self induced drugs cannot claim
7
Q
Bailey
A
Hypoglycemia cannot claim for Automatism
8
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3 Steps for automatism
A
1) Complete loss of voluntary control
2) Caused by external factors
3) Cannot be self induced
