Cases Flashcards
Cunningham
Murder, mens rea
Maloney
The mens rea for murder is malice aforethought (Coke) which is satisfied on proof of intention to kill or cause gbh
Majewski
Voluntary intoxication is only used for specific intent crimes lowering them to the basic intent equivalent
Caldwell
Voluntary intoxication No defence to recklessness
Grady
Cannot have voluntary intoxication and other defences, except mistake in criminal damage
O’Connor
Agrees can’t have intoxication and self defence
Richardson and Irwin
If d would not realise the risk while sober then can use the defence
Hattan
Related to reasonable sober man test for intoxication
Jaggard .v. Dickson
Can have intoxication and mistake for criminal damage only
A - G reference No2 1984
Imminence related to self defence
Bird and field
No duty to avoid conflict - self defence
Shaw, Martin
Can use mistaken necessity of force for self defence if honest mistake
Palmer
Reasonableness of force, self defence.
Owino
Reasonable man test self defence
McCann and others .v. U.K.
Self defence relating to law enforcement. No more than absolutely necessary
R .v. Ireland
Assault occasioning ABH psychiatric harm.
R .v. Burstow
Assault occasioning ABH, psychiatric harm
R .v. Donovan
Assault occasioning ABH, psychiatric harm
Roberts
Assault occasioning ABH. Specifically the word occasioning
Eisenhower
Wounding
DPP .v. Smith
GBH - really serious harm
Cunningham
Maliciously - GBH
Mowatt
Intending or foreseeing some harm GBH s. 20
Morrisons
No need to prove malice if Ds physical violence injures a law enforcement officer
Gladstone Williams
D honestly believes person trying to arrest him is not a law enforcement officer
Blackburn .v. Bowering
Related to causing GBH with mistake to a law enforcement officer while resisting or preventing arrest
Lowe
Unlawful act manslaughter - D does an act
Lamb
Unlawful act manslaughter - act must be unlawful, both AR and MR complete
Watson
Unlawful act manslaughter - the act must be dangerous - 87 year old women
Dawson
Unlawful act manslaughter - act must be dangerous - 60 year old who had heart attack