Complicity Flashcards
(67 cards)
R v Macklin and Murphy (1838)
R v Michael (1840)
R v Cogan & Leak [1976]
R v Giannetto [1997]
R v Banfield [2013]
R v Jogee [2016]
- D had been vocally encouraging P whilst he murdered V
- judge made direction that liability as an accessory applies to D if he participated in the attack while realising that P might stab V whilst intending to cause really serious harm
- Court held that in order to prove accessorial liability -> not sufficient to only prove MR but need AR as well
- AR: need to prove that accessory assisted or encouraged P
- MR: need to prove that accessory intended to so assist / encourage P
- mere foresight that P might commit an offence is not enough for MR of accessory liability
- conviction quashed
- doesn’t matter if P ignores the encouragement -> it is enough that D has given it
R v Bryce [2004]
- D drove P to place to enable P to kill V
- P killed V after 12 hour delay and after talking with another party
- D charged with murder as P’s accomplice
- CACD -> despite other contributory facts, D’s acts provided assistance
- accessory only needs to have foresight of the possibility and not certainty of the principal offence being committed
R v AIQ [2024]
P can be acquitted and D can still be liable as secondary when P’s acquittal doesn’t mean the offence didn’t occur
R v Mendez and Thompson [2010]
- house party in Sheffield
- some people gatecrashed party and stole gaming device
- owners of house give chase -> one of the chasers uses a weapon to stab one of the gatecrashers -> D was some way behind but was clearly encouraging
- court held that D needs to have caused or materially contributed to principal offence
this is under joint enterprise -> no longer law
R v Stringer [2011]
not on sheet
- acknowledged that accessory need not ‘cause’ Principal to commit the offence -> in a causation sense
- Toulson LJ suggests that accessory’s conduct has to have some relevance to commission of principal offence -> has to be a ‘connectin link’ -> less controversial
R v Kennedy No 2 [2007]
- break in the chain of causation -> Kennedy not guilty of being an accessory
R v Rowe [2022]
State v Tally (1894)
R v Coney (1882)
R v Calhaem [1985]
- Once encouragement or assistance is proved to have been given, the prosecution does not have to go so far as to prove that it had a positive effect on D1’s conduct or on the outcome
R v Rowe [2022]
A-G’s Reference (No. 1 of 1975) [1975]
Wilcox v Jeffrey [1951]
Tuck v Robson [1970]
R v Webster [2006]
Robinson v The Queen [2011]
NCB v Gamble [1959]
Lynch v DPP for Northern Ireland [1975]
Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech AHA [1986]